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" 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 of... "
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 156
by Simon Greenleaf - 1853
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 25

Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1148 pages
...applicable to this case, as the malicious defamation of a person made public by any printing or writing tending to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to...hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to deprive him of the bench* ta of public confidence and social intercourse. (2) lioth of the articles complained of by the...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 25

Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1158 pages
...applicable to this case, as the malicious defamation of a person made public by any printing or writIng tending to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to...public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to deprive hiin of the benefits of public confidence and social intercourse. (2) Both of the articles complained...
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Digest of the Official Opinions of the Attorneys ..., Volume 1; Volume 16

Attorneys general's opinions - 1885 - 524 pages
...defamation of any person, and especially a magistrate, by printing, writing, signs, or pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to public hatred, contempt, and ridicule, is a bbel. Ibid. LIBERIA. There is no law authorizing the agent of the United States...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 36

Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1164 pages
...constitute a punishable libol. They are any such words "tending to provoke him [the victim] to wrath, expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule,...benefits of public confidence and social intercourse." Reading now, in the light of this statute, the written or printed words published by the respondent,...
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The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value ..., Volume 76

Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 900 pages
...defines a libel to be the " malicious defamation of any person, made public by writing, etc., ia order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule: " 4 Bla. Com. 150. The writing alleged to be maliciously published in this case is as follows (being...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents ..., Volume 7, Part 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1274 pages
...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...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 37

Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1218 pages
..."blbel" is defined by our law as follows: "A libel is the malicious defamation of a person made public by any printing, writing, sign, picture, representation...benefits of public confidence and social intercourse; any malicious defamation made public as aforesaid designed to blacken and vilify the memory of oue...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 135

Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1320 pages
...explodes It. (d) Finally, it is argued that the tendency of the publication was to expose plaintiff to "public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to deprive...benefits of public confidence and social intercourse," etc. Rev. St 1S09, § 2259 (Ann. St. 1006, p. 1425). But he who thinks that an article merely having...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 158

Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1390 pages
...inquest was a violation of the sheriff's official duty; its effect being to bring him. into disgrace and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to deprive him of public confidence and social intercourse, within Rev. St. 1909, | 4818, though it was not slanderous...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 192

Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1312 pages
..."The court instructs the jury that libel is the false and malicious defamation of a person made public by any printing, writing, sign, picture, representation or effigy, tending to provoke her to wrath or expose her to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to deprive her of the benefits...
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