libeler
Americannoun
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Origin of libeler
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The FCC expressed its bureaucratic regrets, but insisted that if a candidate libels his opponent or anyone else, the station must take its chances in court with the libeler.
From Time Magazine Archive
To avoid stifling the free-speech right to criticize government leaders, the court since 1964 has required proof that the alleged libeler had "malice" or "reckless disregard" for the truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beyond "reckless disregard," the court added the necessity of proving that the libeler "entertained serious doubt" about the truth of his accusation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The very accusation proves that the charge is false; for if it were true, this libeler must have suddenly suffered for this assertion.
From A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by William Cooper
The wantonly libeled men had now an opportunity of revenging themselves upon the libeler, for he could not obtain his certificate without their signature, and without that he could not again commence business.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
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