The written form of defamation (as opposed to slander, which is spoken) which is a civil tort or wrong. It is an untrue statement about a person that is published and read by a third party and results in an injury to the person's reputation or standing in the community. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (verb) - In admiralty practice. To proceed against by filing a … [Read more...]

To lose one's free law, (called the. villainous judgment,) to become discredited or disabled as juror and witness, to forfeit goods and chattels and lands for life, to have those lands wasted, houses razed, trees rooted up, and one's body committed to prison. It was anciently pronounced against conspirators, but is now disused, the punishment substituted being fine and … [Read more...]

When the law that is chosen when a conflict exists between the laws of two places exist based upon the location or venue of something. … [Read more...]

A term used in Scotland to designate the instrument which contains the charge against a person accused of a crime. Libels are of two kinds, namely, indictments and criminal letters. 2. Every libel assumes the form of what is termed in logic, a syllogism. It is first stated that some particular kind of act is criminal; as, that theft is a crime of a heinous nature, and severely … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. To free or set free; to liberate; to give one his liberty. Calvin. In old English law. To deliver, transfer, or hand over. Applied to writs, panels of jurors, etc. Bract fols. 116, 1766. Liberata peonnia non liberat offerentem. Co. Litt 207. Money being restored does not set free the party ottering. … [Read more...]