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Libel

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A libel, in admiralty law, is the first pleading of the complainant. Process It is filed in the office of the clerk of the court to commence the action. It is in the form of a petition addressed to the judge of the court by name, setting forth the nature and facts of the claim and containing a prayer that process issue in the proper manner. If the action is against an individual, a citation will issue directing the person to appear and answer; if against a vessel, a writ issues to an officer of the court directing the officer to attach it, which is considered sufficient notice to the owners. The libel must be verified by the libellant, as the complainant is called, or the complainant's agent if the complainant is without the jurisdiction. Etymology The term comes from the old French libel, libelle, libeau, corresponding to , from , diminutive of , book, inner bark of a tree. The name was borrowed from the Roman law where a pleading known as the libellus conventionis was employed to commence an action. The word libel continued to designate the first pleading in an action under the civil law. It corresponds to a complaint or declaration in other actions. Notes

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“Calomniez, calomniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.”
— Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.
“Persisting in a charge which one does not know to be true, is simply malicious slander.”
— Abraham Lincoln, speech to the Cooper Institute in New York (27 February 1860)
“Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act I, scene 3, line 38.
“A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.”
— Homer, The Odyssey, Book VIII, line 43. Pope's translation.
“Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel, whatever the intention may have been.”
— Parke, B., O'Brien v. Clement (1846), 15 M. & W. 437.
“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
— Ecclesiastes vii., 1.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Libel: village in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District of Hradec Králové re · 1959 film by Anthony Asquith · verse genre of the Renaissance · 2020 EP by Brymo

Notable quotes

“Calomniez, calomniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.”
— Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.
“Persisting in a charge which one does not know to be true, is simply malicious slander.”
— Abraham Lincoln, speech to the Cooper Institute in New York (27 February 1860)
“Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act I, scene 3, line 38.
“A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.”
— Homer, The Odyssey, Book VIII, line 43. Pope's translation.
“Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel, whatever the intention may have been.”
— Parke, B., O'Brien v. Clement (1846), 15 M. & W. 437.
“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
— Ecclesiastes vii., 1.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

A libel, in admiralty law, is the first pleading of the complainant. Process It is filed in the office of the clerk of the court to commence the action. It is in the form of a petition addressed to the judge of the court by name, setting forth the nature and facts of the claim and containing a prayer that process issue in the proper manner. If the action is against an individual, a citation will issue directing the person to appear and answer; if against a vessel, a writ issues to an officer of the court directing the officer to attach it, which is considered sufficient notice to the owners. The libel must be verified by the libellant, as the complainant is called, or the complainant's agent if the complainant is without the jurisdiction. Etymology The term comes from the old French libel, libelle, libeau, corresponding to , from , diminutive of , book, inner bark of a tree. The name was borrowed from the Roman law where a pleading known as the libellus conventionis was employed to commence an action. The word libel continued to designate the first pleading in an action under the civil law. It corresponds to a complaint or declaration in other actions. Notes

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).