Definitions of libel
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To
defame,
or
expose
to
public
hatred,
contempt,
or
ridicule,
by
a
writing,
picture,
sign,
etc.;
to
lampoon.
-
To
proceed
against
by
filing
a
libel,
particularly
against
a
ship
or
goods.
-
To
publish
a
false,
injurious
statement
against;
injure
the
character
of.
-
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.
-
To
defame
by
a
libel;
proceed
against
by
filing
a
libel.
-
To
defame;
bring
suit
against (
a
ship
or
cargo).
-
To
spread
defamation,
written
or
printed; -
with
against.
-
To
defame
by
a
libel;
to
lampoon;
to
proceed
against
by
a
written
complaint.
-
To
expose
to
public
ridicule
or
hatred
in
writing,
or
by
a
picture;
to
exhibit
a
charge
against
in
a
court
of
law.
-
Libeling.
-
the
written
statement
of
a
plaintiff
explaining
the
cause
of
action (
the
defammation)
and
any
relief
he
seeks
-
print
slanderous
statements
against; "
The
newspaper
was
accused
of
libeling
him"
-
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.
-
The
crime
of
issuing
a
malicious
defamatory
publication.
-
A
written
declaration
or
statement
by
the
plaintiff
of
his
cause
of
action,
and
of
the
relief
he
seeks.
-
A
brief
writing
of
any
kind,
esp.
a
declaration,
bill,
certificate,
request,
supplication,
etc.
-
Any
defamatory
writing;
a
lampoon;
a
satire.
-
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).
-
Any
false
or
unjust
writing,
print,
or
picture
calculated
to
injure
the
reputation
of
anyone.
-
Libeler,
libeller.
-
A
written
accusation:
any
malicious
defamatory
publication: (
law)
the
statement
of
a
plaintiff's
grounds
of
complaint
against
a
defendant.
-
A
defamatory
publication,
in
law,
statement
of
a
plaintiff's
ground
of
complaint.
-
Anything
tending
to
defame
character
or
reputation;
slander.
-
A
plaintiff's
written
statement,
as
in
a
court
of
admiralty.
-
A
defamatory
writing;
any
book,
pamphlet,
writing,
or
picture
containing
representations
maliciously
made
or
published,
tending
to
bring
a
person
into
contempt,
or
expose
him
to
public
hatred
and
derision;
also
an
obscene,
blasphemous,
or
seditious
publication;
a
declaration
or
charge
in
writing,
exhibited
in
court,
for
violating
the
laws
of
trade
or
of
revenue.
-
A
malicious
or
defamatory
writing,
reflecting
on
the
character
of
a
person,
and
punishable
by
law;
a
declaration
or
charge
in
writing
in
an
action
at
law.
-
Libelous,
libellous.
-
Libeled.
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