LIBEL
\lˈa͡ɪbə͡l], \lˈaɪbəl], \l_ˈaɪ_b_əl]\
Definitions of LIBEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defammation) and any relief he seeks
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print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
By Princeton University
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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.
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The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
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A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
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To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
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To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
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A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
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Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
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To spread defamation, written or printed; - with against.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
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A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
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To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
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To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
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A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
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Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
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To spread defamation, written or printed; - with against.
By Noah Webster.
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An untruthful statement about a person, published in writing or through broadcast media, that injures the person's reputation or standing in the community. Because libel is a tort (a civil wrong), the injured person can bring a lawsuit against the person who made the false statement. Libel is a form of defamation , as is slander (an untruthful statement that is spoken, but not published in writing or broadcast through the media).
By Oddity Software
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Any false or unjust writing, print, or picture calculated to injure the reputation of anyone.
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To publish a false, injurious statement against; injure the character of.
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Libeler, libeller.
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Libeled.
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Libeling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A written accusation: any malicious defamatory publication: (law) the statement of a plaintiff's grounds of complaint against a defendant.
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To defame by a libel: to satirize unfairly: (law) to proceed against by producing a written complaint:-pr.p. libelling; pa.t. and pa.p. libelled.
By Daniel Lyons
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A defamatory publication, in law, statement of a plaintiff's ground of complaint.
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To defame by a libel; proceed against by filing a libel.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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