libelとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: līʹbəl, IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪbəl/
• 韻: -aɪbəl

名詞

libel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 libels)

1. (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
2. (uncountable) The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
3. (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
4. (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
   • 1873, United States Supreme Court, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179

     These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.

5. (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   • 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Matthew verse 31

     a libel of forsaking [divorcement]

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:slander

使用する際の注意点

In common usage, the noun and verb is particularly used where the defamatory writing meets the legal definition of libel in a particular jurisdiction.

動詞

libel (third-person singular simple present libels, present participle (英国用法) libelling or (米国用法) libeling, simple past and past participle (英国用法) libelled or (米国用法) libeled)

1. (transitive) To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

   He libelled her when he published that.

   • 1709, Alexander Pope, January and May:

     Some wicked wits have libelled all the fair.

2. (law) To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:defame

派生語