[ˈlʌɪbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation
(e.g: he was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes)

- (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration


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Origin:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘a document, a written statement’): via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber ‘book’

[ˈlʌɪbl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- defame (someone) by publishing a libel
(e.g: the jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper)

- (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against
(e.g: if a ship does you any injury you libel the ship)


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Origin:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘a document, a written statement’): via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber ‘book’