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Criminal libel

Criminal libel, libel may be a criminal offence as well as a

One who libels

Publisher of libellous matter, is liable both civilly and criminally in respect of

trade libel : disparagement

One who libels one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty

Act may be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney-general. Libel.--Under the (English) Libel Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c.

Fox's Act, 32 Geo. 3, c. 60 [the (English) Libel Act, 1792], which secured to juries, upon indictments for libel,

in all actions (except for assault and battery false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious arrest or prosecution or seduction) might pay into

if a jury should deem his words defamatory (Odgers on Libel, p. 10). 'The liberty of the Press consists in printing

person or persons other than the person defamed' (Odgers on Libel). The publication of fair reports of legal proceedings in Court