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单词 criminal libel
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criminal libel
criminal libel n. Law (a) Scots Law the form of complaint or ground of the charge on which a criminal prosecution takes place; cf. libel n. 3c (now historical); (b) the making of a malicious defamatory statement in a permanent form, such as writing, pictures, or film, in such a way as to be subject to criminal prosecution; cf. libel n. 5.
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1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 15 Every Lybel both of civil Law, and our Law ought to be clear, distinct and special, but especially criminal lybels, because of the great importance of them.
1747 Trial of Archibald Stewart 202 Having considered the criminal Libel, pursued at the Instance of William Grant of Prestongrange, Esq.
1819 Monthly Mag. Aug. 3/2 A bookseller or printer is not more liable for the sole act of his servant, in a charge of criminal libel, than he would be in a charge of murder or theft against the same servant.
1908 Times 30 July 3/5 Mr Joel might have sought his remedy by action for libel or by prosecution for criminal libel.
1995 J. W. Cairns in J. Robertson Union for Empire x. 267 Scots lawyers turned to English law as a means of developing Scots law, because it was..the law of a neighbouring ‘well governed realm’ (to use the standard formula of the major premiss of a criminal libel).
2001 Independent 14 Aug. ii. 9/7 Ms Hewson suggests that Mr Hamilton could revive the old common law practice of prosecution for criminal libel..if the claims against him and his wife prove to be unfounded and really are ‘nonsense on stilts’.
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