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.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks..
Libeling :: Libeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) 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..
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..
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
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 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..
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Calumniate :: Calumniate (v. t.) To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel..
Interlibel :: Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.
Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
Libel :: Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Libeled :: Libeled (imp. & p. p.) of Libe.
Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
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