āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
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āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨
a published false statement that damages a person's reputation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Libel is considered a serious offense because it involves making defamatory written statements that can harm someone's reputation.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž
a written statement in a legal case, outlining the harmful statements made against someone and what they seek from the court
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The judge reviewed the libel to determine if the allegations met the legal criteria for defamation under state law.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
to libel
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āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to publish a false statement that damages a person's reputation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He claimed the blog post libeled him by spreading false accusations.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
libelous
libel
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
