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LIBELER [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

Historically libelant has been an admiralty term ..., but the word has come to mean additionally "one who publishes a libel, a libeler." Libeler (in British English "libeller") is the older and better term for this sense; for it forestalls confusion about what the cause of action is.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Diffamateur se dit de quiconque diffame oralement, par écrit, ou autrement, tandis que les équivalents anglais ne se disent pas de celui qui diffame oralement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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