- (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
- (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (n.) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (v.t.) To defame or expose to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
- (v.i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
- (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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