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Definition of Libellous
1. Adjective. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
Similar to: Harmful
Derivative terms: Calumny, Calumny, Defame, Denigrate, Denigrate, Libel, Libel, Slander, Slander
Definition of Libellous
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of libelous) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Libellous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Libellous
Literary usage of Libellous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations Arising from by Frederick Pollock (1908)
"No such distinctions exist in the case of libel: it is enough to make a written
statement prima facie libellous that it is injurious to the character or ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Torts in Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in by Frederick Pollock, James Avery Webb (1894)
"application were used with a specified libellous meaning or application is called
an innuendo, from the old form of pleading. The old cases contain much ..."
3. The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts by Clyde Augustus Duniway (1906)
"In 1770 a committee of the Lords of the Council for Plantation Affairs brought
the indictment against Massachusetts, "that seditious and libellous ..."
4. The Liberty of the Press, Speech, and Public Worship: Being Commentaries on by James Paterson (1880)
"The medium of the libellous act.—The medium by which the libellous act is committed
is ... And the libellous act may consist in mere gestures or conduct; ..."
5. Report of the Trial of James H. Peck: Judge of the United States District by James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury, United States Congress. Senate (1833)
"In this case, the contempt consisted in a publication which the House of Commons
adjudged to be libellous. Throughout the whole argument of counsel and of ..."
6. Newspaper Libel: A Handbook for the Press by Samuel Merrill (1888)
"On the other hand, all matter which, if spoken, is slanderous, is libellous if
written or printed. Any publication imputing to a person disgraceful or ..."
7. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Wilkes claimed his privilege as a member of the commons; refused to plead in
king's bench on that ground; power of parliament to punish authors of libellous ..."
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