Libel: noun
1. Law.
a. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
b. the act or crime of publishing it.
c. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
2. anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents.
–verb (used with object)
3. to publish a libel against.
4. to misrepresent damagingly.
5. to institute suit against by a libel, as in an admiralty court.
Defame: –verb (used with object), -famed, -fam·ing.
1. to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
2. Archaic. to disgrace; bring dishonor upon.
3. Archaic. to accuse.
Just so we’re clear.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Get a lawyer, kiddo.
I know one that’s a vicious, determined, and barely controllable once you let him loose. He’s a like a Cujo in a courtroom.
I have his number if you’d like it.
Speaking from a law-enforcement and civil law perspective based on my experience as a cop and as a deputy constable, and being best friends with a lawyer and the nephew of a judge, he’d have a field day with this.