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Libellus

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

A little book.

LibelluB conventionis

The civillaw term for the statement of a plaintiff 's claim in a petition presented to the magistrate, who directed an officer to deliver it to the defendant; equivalent to our " libel," a pleading.

Libellns famosus

The civil-law term for a defamatory publication; equivalent to our ' ' libel, ' ' a tort.