seditious libel

collocation in English

meaningsofseditiousandlibel

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seditious
adjective
uk
/sɪˈdɪʃ.əs/us
/səˈdɪʃ.əs/
intending to persuade other people to oppose ...
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libel
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.bəl/us
/ˈlaɪ.bəl/
a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about ...
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(Definition ofseditiousandlibelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseditious libel

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He led the resurgent postwar opposition and was twice prosecuted forseditiouslibel.
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Commentators have focused on this "expression" provision, neglecting the companion aliens and naturalization legislation as much as the continued existence of the common law offense ofseditiouslibel.
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I think that the reason why they acquitted him was partly because this law ofseditiouslibelhas an ancient history.
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It is all very well to say one can rely on the law ofseditiouslibel.
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It has been argued that the law ofseditiouslibelmight be sufficient to protect a community.
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I would have thought, however, that we would not want questions of sedition andseditiouslibelto be tried by anybody other than juries.
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Seditiouslibelis a serious offence and is triable only on indictment.
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They are offences of sedition orseditiouslibel.
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One is the offence of uttering theseditiouslibel; that is to say, using written words with a seditious intent.
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There are certain matters in conspiracy; there are matters of sedition andseditiouslibel.
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And even if such statements amount to the crime ofseditiouslibelthey can be prosecuted in our courts only in the most flagrant cases.
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The accusation was one ofseditiouslibel.
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The word "sedition" could only be used as an adjective, and there was only such a thing as speaking seditious words or publishing aseditiouslibel.
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He was tried forseditiouslibel.
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Political offences were not really known to the law, although the first decision was prescribed for offences by the law relating to sedition andseditiouslibel.
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They were eventually charged with an assortment of crimes, butseditiouslibeland treason were the most severe.
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Within three months, he was arrested and charged withseditiouslibel.
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The law criminalizes defamatory andseditiouslibel, but is rarely applied.
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He was jailed eight months before being tried forseditiouslibel.
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He was repeatedly sued not forseditiouslibelbut for civil libel in a series of less well-known cases.
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