 A libel is the malicious defamation of a person, made public by any printing, writing, sign, picture, representation, or effigy tending to provoke him to wrath, or expose' him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to deprive him of the benefits...  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With ... - Page 729by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Edward Hall Alderson - 1820Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1952 - 1030 pages
...of a person, made public by any printing, writing, sign, picture, representation or effigy, tending to provoke him to wrath or expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to deprive him of the benefits of public confidence and social intercourse; or any... | |
 | 1813 - 592 pages
...signs, or picture*, in order to provoke him to wralh, or expose him to public haired, contempt, •nd ridicule. The direct tendency of these libels is,...peace, by stirring up the objects of them to revenge anil bloodshed." For offences of Ibis nature, Sir Matthe* Hale states, there is, to have compensation... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1530 pages
...any person, and especially a magistrate, made public by either printing, writing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to public hatred, contempt, and ridicule. — 4 Bl. Com. 150. According to this definition, it is manifest that each of those letters may be... | |
 | France - 1817 - 376 pages
...perton , and specially a magistrats , made public by either printing , writing , sings or pictures , in order to provoke him to wrath , or expose him to public hatred , contempt , and ridicule. Comment, on thé lav/s ofEnglaud^ book. iv, cluip. n, $ i3 , pag. i5o. (a) Voyez Starkie , pages 146,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1820 - 648 pages
...any person, and especially a magistrate, made public by cither printing, writing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to...by stirring up the objects of them to revenge, and (ierhaps to bloodshed." It is not necessary to maintain that a libel is a breach of the jieace, nor... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, William John Broderip, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1820 - 644 pages
...any person, and especially a magistrate, made public by either printing, writing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to...The direct tendency of these libels is the breach of tin- public peace, by stirring up the objects of them to revenge, and perhaps to bloodshed." It is... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1821 - 344 pages
...any person, and especially a magistrate, made public by either printing, writing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to public hatred, contempt, and ridicule." He tells us that " the communication of a libel to any one person, is a publication in the eye of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore - Law reports, digests, etc - 1822 - 670 pages
...made public, by cither printing, writing, signs, or (a) Vol. iv. c. 11. s. 13. page 150. pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to...hatred, contempt, and ridicule. The direct tendency BUTT of these libels is a breach of the public peace, by stirring up the objects of them to revenge,... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1822 - 458 pages
...a malicious defamation of any person, made public by either printing, writing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke* him to wrath, or expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. In considering what writings are libellous, it may be necessary to premise that wherever... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...means a person is exposed to public hatred, contempt, and ridicule. The direct tendency of libels is a breach of the public peace, by stirring up the objects of them to revenge, or perhaps to bloodshed. * The communication of a libel to any one person is a publication in the eye... | |
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