Definition of libel

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Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.

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Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
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..
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Interlibel :: Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
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..
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
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..
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
Libel :: Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
Libel :: Libel (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks..
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..
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications..
Libelluloid :: Libelluloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
Libeled :: Libeled (imp. & p. p.) of Libe.
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
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