Definition of libel

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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..

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Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
Libelluloid :: Libelluloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
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..
Libelled :: Libelled () of Libe.
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.
Libeling :: Libeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Libe.
Libeled :: Libeled (imp. & p. p.) of Libe.
Libel :: Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Calumniate :: Calumniate (v. t.) To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel..
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