A written statement about someone which is personally injurious to that individual In maritime law it means legal action brought against the owner of another ship See also Defamation (LE)
To publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to them or their 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, which is oral defamation Topic areas: Accountability and Evaluation, Volunteer Management, Communications and Marketing, Operations Management and Leadership
{f} slander, defame, malign, insult, make false and malicious accusations against; publish a libel against (Law)
(Diffamation) This refers to anything that is written and published, tending to injure the reputation of another unjustly by bringing them to ridicule, hatred or contempt If the same words were spoken instead of written and published, the term "slander" would apply
Middle English libel, a brief writing: Latin libellus, a little book, a pamphlet; Libellus famosus, a defamatory pamphlet, 4 Bl Com 150 In the civil law, the declaration of an action In ecclesiatical law, the formal complaint 3 Bl Com 100 Slander by written or printed words, pictures, signs, or the like 3 Bl Com 125
To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel
Legal A written statement about someone which is personally injurious to that individual In maritime law it means legal action brought against the owner of another ship See also Defamation
Written (text or images) defamation of character Intended to maliciously harm a persons image with untrue statements
A method of defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures or signs In its most general sense any publication that is injurious to the reputation of another
Defamation by writing such as in a newspaper or a letter (Duhaime's Law Dictionary) Georgia Code 51-5-1 G states: A libel is a false and malicious defamation of another, expressed in print, writing, pictures, or signs, tending to injure the reputation of the person and exposing him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule The publication of the libelous matter is essential to recovery Section 51-5-3 further says: A libel is published as soon as it is communicated to any person other than the party libeled
False and malicious written, printed, or published material that is defamatory and injures the reputation of an individual (compare Slander)
Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person Libel is published defamation; slander is spoken
Anything written, printed, or published that is defamatory and injures the reputation of any individual
maliciously damaging someone's reputation in print, as in: When the book came out, the author was sued for libel by three different people
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