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LibelLibel Li"bel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Libeled (-b[e^]ld) or
Libelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Libeling or Libelling.]
1. To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or
ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
Some wicked wits have libeled all the fair. --Pope.
2. (Law) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly
against a ship or goods. Libel
Libel Li"bel (l[imac]"b[e^]l), n. [L. libellus a little book,
pamphlet, libel, lampoon, dim. of liber the liber or inner
bark of a tree; also (because the ancients wrote on this
bark), paper, parchment, or a roll of any material used to
write upon, and hence, a book or treatise: cf. F. libelle.]
1. A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill,
certificate, request, supplication, etc. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
A libel of forsaking [divorcement]. --Wyclif
(Matt. v. 31).
2. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
3. (Law) A malicious publication expressed either in print or
in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs,
tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or
ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
Note: The term, in a more extended sense, includes the
publication of such writings, pictures, and the like,
as are of a blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or
obscene character. These also are indictable at common
law.
4. (Law) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory
publication.
5. (Civil Law & Courts of Admiralty) A written declaration or
statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of
the relief he seeks.
Meaning of Libel from wikipedia
- English-speaking world, the law of
defamation traditionally distinguishes between libel (written, printed,
posted online,
published in m**** media) and
slander (oral...
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libel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
libel is a
malicious statement in
written media, a broadcast, or
otherwise published words.
Libel may...
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Blood libel or
ritual murder libel (also
blood accusation)[page needed] is an
antisemitic canard which falsely accuses Jews of
murdering Christians in...
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libel (in
permanent form),
namely defamatory libel,
seditious libel,
blasphemous libel and
obscene libel. The
common law
offences of
seditious libel,...
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Modern libel and
slander laws in many
countries are
originally descended from
English defamation law. The
history of
defamation law in
England is somewhat...
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Defamatory libel was
originally an
offence under the
common law of England. It was
established in
England and
Wales and in
Northern Ireland. It was or...
- The
Maharaj Libel Case was an 1862
trial in the
Supreme Court of Bombay, in
British India. The case was
initiated by
Jadunath Brajratanjee Maharaj against...
- O'Dwyer v. Nair
Libel Case, also
known as the O'Dwyer-Nair
Trial was a
libel case held in
London in
English law
against the
Indian politician and lawyer...
- The
Littlehampton libels were a
series of
letters sent to
numerous residents of Littlehampton, in
southern England, over a three-year
period between 1920...
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Seditious libel is a
criminal offence under common law of
printing written material with
seditious purpose – that is, the
purpose of
bringing contempt...
