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libel

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[ UK /lˈa‍ɪbə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaɪbəɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
  2. a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
VERB
  1. print slanderous statements against
    The newspaper was accused of libeling him
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  • The abuse of libel laws is not imaginary. Times, Sunday Times
  • In my judgment, grave though the libel is, and grave though the aggravation has been, the answer to that question is decisively no.
  • Dr Archer was memorably described as "fragrant" by Mr Justice Caulfield during her husband's 1987 libel trial against the Daily Star. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • A curb on foreign libel claimants using English courts in the hope of big payouts is also being considered. Times, Sunday Times
  • The story of Fermat's Last Theorem, the centuries spent trying to find a proof and Professor - now Sir - Andrew Wiles's final victory, is recounted in a book by Simon Singh , a physicist and author also famous for his battle to change the libel laws after he was sued for calling pseudoscientific medical treatments "bogus" . Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
  • So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. The Haters of Roissy 3 : Bad Obsession
  • So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
  • In other words, it cannot be overlooked in the lawsuit of not using delivery of dossier and the lawsuit of both libelant and paraclete proof-providing.
  • The libeller adds that he suspects that Fontenelle never performed the duties of a Christian but out of contempt for A Philosophical Dictionary
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