Libel
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
1.
A little book.
2.
The first pleading in an ecclesiastical or admiralty cause.
3.
Written defamation
To libel: 1.
To seize under admiralty process.
2.
To defame by published writing.