criminal libel
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
to make an offense of conduct which is 'calculated to create disturbances of the peace' leaves wide open the standard of responsibility. It involves calculations as to the boiling point of a particular person or a particular group, not an appraisal of the nature of the comments per se. This kind of criminal libel 'makes a man a criminal simply because his neighbors have no self-control and cannot refrain from violence.
Defined by the Supreme Court in - Ashton v. Kentucky, 384 U.S. 195 (1966).
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A libel which is punishable criminally; one which tends to excite a breach of the peace. Moody v. State, 94 Ala. 42, 10 South. 670; State v. Shaffnor, 2 Pen-newill (Del.) 171, 44 Atl. 620; People v. Stokes, 30 Abb. N. C. 200, 24 N. Y. Supp. 727.
Defined under Libel in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A libel which is punisbable criminally; one which tends to excite a breach of the peace.