I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a libel action (= taken against someone who has writen or printed untrue statements about you )
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Judge Johan Kreigler dismissed a libel action brought against two newspapers.
a libel case (= against someone who has written a bad statement about someone else )
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damages awarded by juries in libel cases
a libel lawyer
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The actress is unhappy about the magazine article and has consulted a libel lawyer.
sue (sb) for libel/defamation/negligence/slander etc
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Miss James could not afford to sue for libel.
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She was suing doctors for negligence over the loss of her child.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
criminal
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Then in an appropriate case the public authority may be able to secure the institution of a prosecution for criminal libel .
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The purpose of criminal libel was to prevent loss of confidence in Government.
seditious
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The bishops were sent to the Tower on the grounds that their petition was seditious libel .
■ NOUN
action
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His success in the fraudulent libel action against the Star newspaper undoubtedly frightened off a lot of the media.
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Damages Damages in libel actions are difficult to predict.
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It followed a failed libel action by journalist Jani Allan over a programme revealing their affair.
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The 36-year-old blonde beauty was unable to hide her bitter disappointment at failing to win her libel action against the People.
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And the libel action , if it comes to trial, will give us valuable national publicity if properly handled.
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It is obvious that the punishing cost of libel actions prevents Francis from making direct accusations against current athletes.
case
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The Mona Bauwens libel case jury.
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But they say legal aid should be available for proceedings under their Protection of Privacy Bill as well in libel cases .
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The historian David Irving has applied for permission to appeal against a libel case judgment that branded him a Holocaust denier.
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Recent high awards of damages in libel cases have led the Court of Appeal to a greater willingness to interfere.
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Punitive damages in libel cases are a legal anomaly.
damages
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Read in studio Count Nikolai Tolstoy has failed in his attempt to avoid paying libel damages .
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The public's dislike of unprincipled press behaviour has sometimes been expressed in the award of erratically large libel damages .
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Two and a half years ago, he faced having to pay record libel damages of one and a half million pounds.
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Newspapers pay libel damages to footballer and two actors.
law
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For all its dangers, there are three features of the present libel law which protect careless or incompetent journalists.
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The ruling's brought more calls for changes to the libel laws .
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The ad has been subsequently withdrawn from a number of magazines because of the fear of possible legal action under libel laws .
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Truth, however tawdry or trivial, may be told without let or hindrance from libel laws .
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But there is no doubt that libel law does in other respects impinge upon the justifiable freedom of the press.
proceeding
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We will defend vigorously the libel proceedings commenced us by Virgin and its owner and any other proceedings they choose to commence.
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This court is in no way prejudging any defence of justification which may hereafter be raised in those libel proceedings .
suit
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It led to a libel suit against the Times for hinting at his involvement in laundering drug money.
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Insults and libel suits were exchanged.
trial
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A libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific, if you are not on the receiving end.
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There are several unusual things about this libel trial .
writ
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Self-knowledge, after all, comes cheaper than libel writs .
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Accordingly the House rejected the committee's recommendations and ruled that the issuing of the libel writ was not a contempt.
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His indignation frequently boiled over to a point where he thought and demanded that a libel writ should be issued.
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The familiar Maxwell reach for a libel writ brought about an immediate public apology.
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You needed to tone down the quotes at times to avert a libel writ .
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He issued a libel writ after John Patten's comments at a Tory party fringe meeting.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a libel suit
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Holt sued the newspaper for libel .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was vindicated when he successfully sued the tabloid that broke the story for libel .
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That's where the libel comes in.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Kandell contends he was libeled by the Journal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He did not look like anyone she had libelled lately.
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It libelled the plaintiff who issued a writ against the editor.
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Those who were libelled in the Fanzine may feel less aggrieved knowing it was for a good cause.