What is the meaning of Libel?

A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.

Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.

A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.

A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.

Superseded spelling of livel.

dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera

dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata

booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing)

a vial of a level

Any short and formal written text

  1. A litigant's statement of complaint, or list of charges
  2. Any written formal complaint, particularly in marital conflicts
  3. A treatise; a division of a larger work.

A litigant's statement of complaint, or list of charges

Any written formal complaint, particularly in marital conflicts

A treatise; a division of a larger work.

Source: wiktionary.org