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Libelli famosi
Libelli famosi, scurrilous publications of a libellous nature. See LIBEL.
Libellee
Libellee, the suitor-defendant against whom a libel has been filed.
Picture
v. London and N.W. Ry. Co., (1870) LR 5 Ex. 90]; and see CARRIER. A picture may be libellous (5 Rep. 125); consult Odgers on Libel.
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Inveniens libellum famosum et non corrumpens punitur
Inveniens libellum famosum et non corrumpens punitur [Lat.], he who meets with a notorious libel, and does not destroy it,
Libellant
Libellant, the suitor-plaintiff who files a libel in an ecclesiastical case.
Reputation
credit, honour, character, good name. Injuries to one's reputation, which is a personal right, are defamatory. See CHARACTER; LIBEL. Certain private and public rights may be established by reputation, e.g., highways [Austin's case, (1672) 1 Vent. 181];
Presentment
of indictment laid before them at the suit of the Crown; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like, upon which the officer of the Court must afterwards frame an indictment before the party
Privilege
in court--this includes judge's chambers; so clergymen as to divine service. See also the following titles and DISTRESS; LIBEL. The word privilege is sufficiently wide to include an immunity, Mohanlal Jain v. His Highness Maharaja Shri Sawai
Record, Courts of
court, in facie curi'. See Co. Litt. 117 b, 260 a; Odgers on the Common Law; Odgers on Libel.
Scripture
Divine authority of Scripture entails deprivation of all offices ecclesiastical, civil, or military. See CHISTIANITY. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. p. 485.
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