LIBEL

Libel

Libel is a 1959 British drama film. It stars Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley. The film's screenplay was written by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg from a 1935 play of the same name by Edward Wooll, and it was directed by Anthony Asquith.

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libel

Noun

  1. A written or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
  2. The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
  3. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
  4. A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
  5. A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

Verb

  1. To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
    He libelled her when he published that.
  2. To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.


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