Definition of libel

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Libel (v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods..

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Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications..
Interlibel :: Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.
Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
Libeling :: Libeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Libe.
Libeled :: Libeled (imp. & p. p.) of Libe.
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
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..
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
Libel :: Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods..
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..
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
Libelluloid :: Libelluloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
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..
Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
Libel :: Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
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