libel
Noun
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referred to in:
- civil wrong, tort - (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
is a type of: calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions -
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: complaint - (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
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