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单词 seditious libel
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Definition of seditious libel in English:

seditious libel

noun
Law
  • 1A published statement which is seditious.

    his publication in 1763 was decided by the courts to be a seditious libel on George III
    1. 1.1mass noun The action or crime of publishing a seditious statement.
      James had the bishops tried for seditious libel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Another tactic of the government to silence criticism was to prosecute authors, printers and publishers for seditious libel, a common law crime.
      • One of the posters, questioning the independence of the commissioners, resulted in the South Australian government laying archaic charges of criminal and seditious libel against the paper.
      • He was released on bail in June and his trial for seditious libel began early the following month and was quickly over.
      • Gales' strong reformist views were clearly expressed in his paper - so much so that in 1794 he fled to America to avoid prosecution for seditious libel.
      • Darling did not rest content with actions for criminal or seditious libel.
      • Printers had to settle for prosecutions if they printed seditious libel, so they either played it safe or adopted pseudonyms and fake addresses.
      • These varied from the trials and subsequent execution of radicals for treason, to trials for sedition and seditious libel.
      • James had the bishops tried for seditious libel, but even his judges summed up against him and they were acquitted.
 
 

Definition of seditious libel in US English:

seditious libel

noun
Law
  • 1A published statement which is seditious.

    his publication in 1763 was decided by the courts to be a seditious libel on George III
    1. 1.1 The action or crime of publishing a seditious statement.
      James had the bishops tried for seditious libel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Darling did not rest content with actions for criminal or seditious libel.
      • He was released on bail in June and his trial for seditious libel began early the following month and was quickly over.
      • Printers had to settle for prosecutions if they printed seditious libel, so they either played it safe or adopted pseudonyms and fake addresses.
      • Another tactic of the government to silence criticism was to prosecute authors, printers and publishers for seditious libel, a common law crime.
      • One of the posters, questioning the independence of the commissioners, resulted in the South Australian government laying archaic charges of criminal and seditious libel against the paper.
      • These varied from the trials and subsequent execution of radicals for treason, to trials for sedition and seditious libel.
      • James had the bishops tried for seditious libel, but even his judges summed up against him and they were acquitted.
      • Gales' strong reformist views were clearly expressed in his paper - so much so that in 1794 he fled to America to avoid prosecution for seditious libel.
 
 
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