Part 6499

<h1>Libbard's bane</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lib"bard's bane`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Leopard's bane.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Libel</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>libellus</ets> a little book, pamphlet, libel, lampoon, dim. of <ets>liber</ets> the liber or inner bark of a tree; also (because the ancients wrote on this bark), paper, parchment, or a roll of any material used to write upon, and hence, a book or treatise: cf. F. <ets>libelle</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>A <b>libel</b> of forsaking [divorcement]. <i>Wyclif (Matt. v. 31).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.</def>

<note>&hand; The term, in a more extended sense, includes the publication of such writings, pictures, and the like, as are of a blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene character. These also are indictable at common law.</note>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Civil Law & Courts of Admiralty)</fld> <def>A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks</def>.

<h1>Libel</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"bel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Liebeled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Libelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Libeling</er> or <er>Libelling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.</def>

<blockquote>Some wicked wits have <b>libeled</b> all the fair. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.</def>

<h1>Libel</h1> <Xpage=848>

<hw>Li"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with <ptcl>against</ptcl>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What's this but <b>libeling</b> against the senate? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> <b>libels</b> now 'gainst each great man. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Libelant</h1> <Xpage=848>

<hw>Li"bel*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>libellant</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Cranch.</i>

<h1>Libeler</h1> <Xpage=848>

<hw>Li"bel*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who libels. <altsp>[Written also <asp>libeller</asp>.]</altsp></def> " <i>Libelers</i> of others."

<i>Buckkminster.</i>

<h1>Libelist</h1> <Xpage=848>