Libel - Law Dictionary Search Results
General warrant
from the Secretary of State, to arrest (without naming any person) the author, printer, and publisher of such libels as were specified in it. It was declared illegal and void for uncertainty by a vote of the
Lame duck
cant term on the Stock Exchange meaning that a broker or jobber cannot fulfil his contracts; it is libellous, Morris v. Langdale, (1800) 2 Bos & Pul 284.
Scandal
p. 1345. Scandal, in pleadings, is injurious, by making the records of the court the means of perpetuating libellous and malignant slanders; and the Court, in aid of the public morals, is bound to interfere to suppress
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Sessions of the peace
women and girls. (12) Concealment of birth. (13) Offences of bankrupts. This restriction is abolished. See below. (14) Libels. (15) Bribery, except under the (English) Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889 (c. 69), s. 6. (16) Unlawful
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