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. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon..
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..
Libel :: Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.
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..
Calumniate :: Calumniate (v. t.) To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel..
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
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..
Interlibel :: Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.
Libelist :: Libelist (n.) A libeler.
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications..
Libel :: Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
Libeling :: Libeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Libe.
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Libeler :: Libeler (n.) One who libels.
Libel :: Libel (v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods..
Libel :: Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against..
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