
1) Absence of Malice topic 2) Actionable words 3) Attack in print 4) Bad writing 5) Be ill due to defamation 6) Be ill due to transgression 7) Bile about student is slander 8) Calumny 9) Cause for a lawsuit 10) Cause of a suit 11) Character assassination 12) Charge against a rag 13) Civil wrong 14) Damage a reputation
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1) Defame 2) Disparagement 3) Insult 4) Malign 5) Mud 6) Slander 7) Slur
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1) n. to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others. Libel is the written or broadcast form of defamation, distinguished from slander,...
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Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person. Libel is published defamation; slander is spoken.
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• (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks. • (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. • (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. • (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ri...
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(from the article `Singapore`) A second controversy erupted when a libel suit brought by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)Singapore`s most successful charity in terms of ... Libel and slander are the legal subcategories of defamation. Generally libel is defamation in print, pictures, or any other visual symbols. Slander ... ...
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In law, defamation published in a permanent form, such as in a newspaper, book, or broadcast. In English law a statement is defamatory if it lowers the plaintiff in the estimation of...
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1. A brief writing of any kind, especially. A declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. 'A libel of forsaking [divorcement]' (Wyclif (Matt. V. 31)) ... 2. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. ... 3. A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose ...
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(n) Libel is the recorded publishing or broadcasting of false or untrue information about a person or entity, as if they are statement of facts, with an intention to defame or harm the reputation of the person or entity about whom such statements are made. Libel is defamation which is written or otherwise broadcasted as against slander, which is or...
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see *slander. A libel was also a formal document containing the charge against a defendant in litigation suits in some courts, including *ecclesiastical courts
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Defaming or harming an individual
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Li'bel (lī'bĕl)
noun [ Latin
libellus a little book, pamphlet, libel, lampoon, dim. of
liber the liber or inner bark of a tree; also (because the ancients wrote on this bark), paper, parchment, or a roll of any material used to write upon, and hence, a book or treatise: confer ...
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Li'bel transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Libeled (-bĕld) or
Libelled ;
present participle & verbal noun Libeling or
Libelling .]
1. To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by...
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statement that damages reputationÂ
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A case for defamation. Defendent would need to show claims were true, fair comment or an accurate record of parliamentary or court proceedings.
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Published material meeting three conditions: The material is defamatory either on its face or indirectly; The defamatory statement is about someone who is identifiable to one or more persons; and, The material must be distributed to someone other than the offended party; i.e. published; distinguished from slander. Criminal Law. A malicious defama.....
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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. Libel is a tort (a type of civil wrong), and the injured person can bring a lawsuit against the person who made the false statement. Libel and slander (an untruthful statement that is spoken, bu...
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In law, libel is the act of publishing malicious statements with intent to expose persons or institutions to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, and thereby provoking them to anger, causing a breach of the peace, injury to reputation, business, etc. The difference between libel and slander is, that in the former case the defamation must have been...
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An older term for defamation. Traditionally, libel was the written form of defamation. Compare with slander.
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libel Lexicomedy: Affrontispiece.
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libel, libelous 1. In law, a false and malicious published statement that damages someone's reputation. Libel can include pictures and any other representations that have public or permanent form; defamation. 2. The making of false and damaging statements about somebody; attacking someone's reputation; to malign. Through French from Latin, libell...
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A written and published statement/article which infers damaging remarks on a persons reputation
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noun a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
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In law, defamation published in a permanent form, such as in a newspaper, book, or broadcast
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[SAT terms] a false and malicious publication
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