Libel
81Massena blood libel — Antisemitism Part of Jewish history …
82Seditious libel — is a criminal offence under English common law. Sedition is the offence of speaking seditious words with seditious intent: if the statement is in writing or some other permanent form it is seditious libel. A statement is seditious if it brings… …
83Food libel laws — Food libel laws, also known as food disparagement laws , veggie libel laws , or veggie hate laws , are laws passed in 13 U.S. states that make it easier for food industry interests to sue their critics for libel. These 13 states are: Alabama,… …
84Blasphemous libel — was a common law criminal offence in England and Wales. However, it was abolished on 8 July 2008 by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.In New Zealand it is illegal under the Crimes Act 1961 (Section 123) to publish any blasphemous… …
85Obscene libel — The publication of an obscene libel was an offence under the common law of England. Prior to the abolition by section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 of the distinction between felony and misdemeanour, it was regarded as a misdemeanour.[1] It has… …
86trade libel — n: disparagement (1) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. trade libel …
87the greater the truth, the greater the libel — The ‘Mansfield’ referred to in quots. 1787 and 1882 was William Murray, first Earl of Mansfield (1705–93), statesman and judge. c 1787 BURNS Poems (1968) I. 349 Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible, Says the more ’tis a… …
88Tiszaeszlár blood libel — The Tiszaeszlár blood libel, also known as the Tiszaeszlár Affair, was a blood libel and trial that set off anti semitic agitation in Hungary in 1882 1883.Origin of the accusationOn April 1, 1882, Eszter Solymosi, a 14 year old Christian peasant… …
89veggie libel — n. The false disparagement of perishable food products. Example Citation: On one side is Oprah Winfrey, the talk show host from Chicago so influential that her fondness for a certain book can send it soaring to the top of the bestseller lists. On …
90Publication of a libel — Publication Pub li*ca tion, n. [L. publicatio confiscation: cf. F. publication. See {Publish}.] 1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation;… …
