libel law

collocation in English

meaningsoflibelandlaw

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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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law
noun
uk
/lɔː/us
/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition oflibelandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflibel law

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Thelibellawmay not have been rigorously enforced, but it could and often did subject the accused to considerable rigours, indeed.
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First of all, the harshness of thelibellawwas mitigated by its sporadic and uneven enforcement.
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I also hope that at some time we shall have a major debate about what should be the truelibellawof this country.
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I think there should also be a change in thelibellaw.
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She had a different problem withlibellaw.
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Thelibellawprovides one clear avenue.
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What appals a very large section of the public is the enormous expense of thelibellawat the present time.
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I say that the thing to do is to take politics out oflibellawaltogether.
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However, there is the general problem which is more than just the specific aspect oflibellaw.
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Surely the basis of thelibellaw, which covers publication in all sorts of spheres and at all sorts of levels.
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The objective truth of a statement in violation of thelibellawwas not a defense.
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Kufuor was a supporter of press freedom and repealed alibellaw, though maintained that the media had to act responsibly.
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The term malice was not newly invented for the case; it came from existinglibellaw.
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There were only a few instances of the criminallibellawbeing applied.
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The decision was a landmark case inlibellaw, finding that a headline could be considered libel.
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Kufuor was a supporter of press freedom and repealed the criminallibellaw, though maintained that the media had to act responsibly.
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Modern slander andlibellawevolved since then to mostly eradicate the use of libel laws to intimidate active political participants during a public debate.
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Libellawdeveloped in an ancient era which we would today consider backward, tyrannical and repressive.
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Following the repeal of the criminallibellawin 2011, parliament enacted a law on amnesty to pardon persons convicted of defamation and insult.
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Aslibellawin those days placed the burden of proof on the writer and the paper, this effectively neutralized any serious probes into his dealings for some time.
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