Definition of libel

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Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..

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Libel :: Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Interlibel :: Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself..
Libel :: Libel (n.) 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..
Libelluloid :: Libelluloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
Libelous :: Libelous (a.) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet..
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud..
Libel :: Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications..
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