criminal libel

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandlibel

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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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 ofcriminalandlibelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcriminal libel

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I have studied the book referred to, but have come to the conclusion thatcriminallibelproceedings would not be maintainable.
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It may be that the answer to the problem lies in widening the scope of prosecutions forcriminallibel.
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I do not know when we last had acriminallibelcase.
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He also said that it was acriminallibel.
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Any question ofcriminallibelwould be one that would have to be brought before the courts.
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We know that the common law offence ofcriminallibelis too limited.
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He was arrested and charged withcriminallibel.
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Should not some restrictions be placed on the law ofcriminallibel, which is giving such anxiety at present?
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Is that not a serious flaw in the law ofcriminallibel, and the reason why many of us welcome this measure?
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In such a case a person can prosecute forcriminallibel, and may succeed, even though what was said about him was true.
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Is it intended to bring an action forcriminallibel?
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Where it is unfair and not in the public interest to tell the truth about a person the publisher can be charged withcriminallibel.
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The law ofcriminallibelhas no application whatever to such a statement.
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In a prosecution forcriminallibelwe say that truth plus the public interest must be a defence.
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That is a serious defect in the law ofcriminallibelbecause, as is often the case with the poison-pen letter, there is no publication.
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That is true, but it must be remembered that there is alsocriminallibel, as distinct from civil libel.
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The law ofcriminallibelrequires as one of its planks that there should be the possibility of public disorder.
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Yes, he did deal with it in a book, but he did not put thecriminallibelin the book.
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There remains the much more serious charge that this document might be acriminallibel.
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But incriminallibelit is not enough to prove that what you said was true.
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