1) n. to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadc...

The written publication of untrue, defamatory statements that lower a person's esteem in his or her community and that gives rise to a legal cause of action against the publisher. Standard c [..]

mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case," from libel (n.), which see for sense development. Meaning "defame or discredit by libelous statements" is [..]

c. 1300, "formal written statement, a writing of any kind," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small [..]

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) [..]

a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" the wri [..]

n. Defamation.

To harm an individual’s reputation by making defamatory statements.

A written or printed statement or representation intended to expose a person, group of persons, or corporate entity to public ridicule or contempt, or to damage in some other way the reputation of its [..]

Difamación

[Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or ...

A case for defamation. Defendent would need to show claims were true, fair comment or an accurate record of parliamentary or court proceedings.

An older term for defamation. Traditionally, libel was the written form of defamation. Compare with slander.

Publication of an intentionally untrue statement about a person that will harm their reputation, or tend to make them the target of ridicule, scorn, dislike or contempt. cf

publishing in print (or other media) false information that identifies and deframes an individual

publishing in print (or other media) false information that identifies and deframes an individual

Damage to a person's reputation caused by a false written statement that brings the person into hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures his or her business or occupational pursuit.

Libel refers to a false written and seen communication made about a person with the intention to defame that person. It is a written representation conveying an unjust and unfavorable impression prepa [..]

Libel is the act of publishing something about somebody that is not true and that causes them damage.

Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person. Compare fair comment.

Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person. Libel is published defamation; slander is spoken.

To print (including pictures), writing or broadcasting through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person. Lien

Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person, that is, injure his or her reputation. Libel is published defamation; slander is spoken.

Publication of defamatory information. This CAN be covered by liability insurance.

Written defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures, or signs.

A written statement about someone that is personally injurious to that individual.

A written statement about someone which is personally injurious to that individual.

A written statement about someone, which is personally injurious to that individual.

A written statement about someone, which is personally injurious to that individual

Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person. Libel is published defamation; "slander" is spoken defamation.

, sb. a label.

See defamation

  Defamation of another person through print, pictures, or signs.

see *slander. A libel was also a formal document containing the charge against a defendant in litigation suits in some courts, including *ecclesiastical courts

Harmful remarks, made in writing, that might injure a person's reputation (could also be in a picture, sign, etc.). Slander

Libel is a form of defamation, where the defamatory material is written or published.

Libel is a type of defamation that involves written or pictorial statements that damage another party’s reputation.  Slander, the second type of defamation, involves statements that are spoken or gestured.  Defamation is any false statement about a person’s character, morals, business practices, abilities, financial status, and the like that is del [..]

Defamation of another person through print, pictures, or signs.

The defamation of a person's reputation, in writing or by images.

Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously defame a person. Libel is published defamation; slander is spoken.

Libel is defamation in a permanent form.

  Written and published or broadcast statement, which damages someone’s character (in a permanent form).

(countable) A written or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. (uncountable) The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly. (countable) Any defamato [..]

A libel is a malicious, false statement in written media, a broadcast, or otherwise published words. Libel may also refer to: Libel (film) (1959), a British drama film Libel (poetry), a verse genre p [..]

A libel is a malicious, false statement in written media, a broadcast, or otherwise published words. Libel may also refer to: Libel (film) (1959), a British drama film Libel (poetry), a verse genre p [..]

Defamation (also known as calumny, vilification, libel, slander or traducement) is the oral or written communication of a false statement about another that unjustly harms their reputation and usually [..]

Libel is a verse genre primarily of the Renaissance, descended from the tradition of invective in classical Greek and Roman poetry. Libel is usually expressly political, and balder and coarser than s [..]

Libel is a 1959 British drama film starring Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley. The film's screenplay was written by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tun [..]

Defamation (also known as calumny, vilification, libel, slander or traducement) is the oral or written communication of a false statement about another that unjustly harms their reputation and usually [..]

A libel, in admiralty law, is the first pleading of the complainant.