Collocations withlibel
These are words often used in combination withlibel.
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blood libel
For instance, take the blood libel accusation, among the most serious and vicious that has ever been issued against any people anywhere.
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criminal libel
I have studied the book referred to, but have come to the conclusion that criminal libel proceedings would not be maintainable.
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libel action
Against that background, had he won his libel action, he would have been awarded exemplary damages.
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libel case
The other factor is that the burden of proof is upon the defendant in a libel case.
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libel law
The libel law may not have been rigorously enforced, but it could and often did subject the accused to considerable rigours, indeed.
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libel suit
The first is that complainants could take out a libel suit instead.
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seditious libel
He led the resurgent postwar opposition and was twice prosecuted for seditious libel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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