 | David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 728 pages
...libel, which is very well defined in 3 Greenleaf on Evidence, to be " malicious defamations, expressed in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is living, and thereby to expose him to public hatred, contempt... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1984 - 1024 pages
...the court turns to decisions by the North Carolina courts. [1, 2] A libel, as applied to individuals, is a malicious publication expressed either in printing or writing or by sign or picture tending to blacken the memory of one dead or the reputation of one alive and to expose... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 468 pages
...definition was given by Chancellor James Kent in his widely read Commentaries on American Law (1826): "a malicious publication, expressed either in printing...expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. A malicious intent towards government, magistrates, or individuals, and an injurious or offensive tendency,... | |
 | United States - 1908 - 662 pages
...of its sovereign, Its ambassadors, or other public ministers; and by malicious defamations expressed in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is living, and thereby to expose him to public hatred, contempt,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 664 pages
...respect and esteem of decent and fair-minded, people, is libclous. — Smith v. Lyons, 975. "Libel" is a malicious publication, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures tending to either blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1130 pages
...magistrates, or individuals." People v. Croswell, 3 Johns. Cas. 353. "A libel is a malicious publication tending either to blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, ridicule, and contempt." Com. v. Clap, 4 Mass. 168;... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 962 pages
...which is succinct, clear, and probably as precise as the subject will permit, is as follows: "A libel is a malicious publication, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs and pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive,... | |
 | William Cobbett - United States - 1801 - 458 pages
...fact, under the direction of the Court. A libel is defined by the law, to be the malicious defamation, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending to blacken either the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, or to expose... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1835 - 560 pages
...under ihr direction of the Court. " A libel is defined by the law, to be the malicious defamation, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending to blacken either the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, or to expose... | |
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A libel is a malicious publication expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs and pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. 
