Libel(n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Libel(n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
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.
Libel(n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Libel(n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
Libel(v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
Libel(v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
Libel(v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
Libelant(n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
Libeled(imp. & p. p.) of Libel
Libeler(n.) One who libels.
Libeling(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Libel
Libelled() of Libel
Libelling() of Libel
Libelous(a.) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.
Words within libelously