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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
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Defamation (also
known as calumny, vilification,
libel, slander, or traducement) is the oral or
written communication of a
false statement about another...
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Blood libel or
ritual murder libel (also
blood accusation) is an
antisemitic canard which falsely accuses Jews of
murdering Christian children (or other...
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various categories of
political libel (see
slander and
libel for the
modern incarnation of this law).
Cases of
political libel and
eventually damages actions...
- A
libel is a malicious,
false statement in
written media, a broadcast, or
otherwise published words.
Libel may also
refer to:
Libel (film) (1959), a British...
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established precedent that "The Truth" is an
absolute defense against charges of
libel.
Though the
First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution was
designed to protect...
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Modern libel and
slander laws, as
implemented in many (but not all)
Commonwealth nations as well as in the
United States and in the
Republic of Ireland...
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Defamatory libel was
originally an
offence under the
common law of England. It has been
established in
England and
Wales and
Northern Ireland. It was...
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Sedition and
seditious libel were
criminal offences under English common law, and are
still criminal offences in Canada.
Sedition is
overt conduct, such...
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Steel &
Morris [1997] EWHC QB 366,
known as "the Mc
Libel case", was an
English lawsuit for
libel filed by McDonald's
Corporation against environmental...
- Food
libel laws, also
known as food
disparagement laws and
informally as
veggie libel laws, are laws p****ed in
thirteen U.S.
states that make it easier...
