Definition of libel

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Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.

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Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
Libel :: Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks..
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
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..
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..
Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
Calumniate :: Calumniate (v. t.) To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel..
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
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.
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods..
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
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..
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
Libeled :: Libeled (imp. & p. p.) of Libe.
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