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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 Libels from wikipedia
- The
Littlehampton libels were a
series of
letters sent to
numerous residents of Littlehampton, in
southern England, over a three-year
period between 1920...
- 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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blood libels served as the
impetus for the
creation of the
Golem of
Prague by
Rabbi Judah Loew ben
Bezalel in the 16th century. The term 'blood
libel' has...
- up
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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Libel is
usually expressly political, and
balder and co****r than satire.
Libels were
generally not
published but
circulated among friends and political...
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Libeled Lady is a 1936
American ****ball
comedy film
directed by Jack
Conway and
starring Jean Harlow,
William Powell,
Myrna Loy, and
Spencer Tracy....
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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...
- Sébastien Tuvi -
vocals (track 8) "Antaeus -
Blood Libels". Discogs.
Retrieved June 7, 2012. "Blood
Libels - Antaeus". Allmusic.
Retrieved August 13, 2012...
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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...
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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,...
