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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Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
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..
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
Libeling :: Libeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Libe.
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Interlibel :: Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
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.
Belibel :: Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.
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..
Libelluloid :: Libelluloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
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. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods..
Libelled :: Libelled () of Libe.
Libel :: Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
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