libel

• n. 誹謗；中傷；中傷的なこと；起訴
• vt.中傷する；訴える；中傷する
• vi.中傷する

ラテン語のliber「本」から、PIE *leup「はがす」「皮をむく」に由来し、語源的にはleaf「葉」、library「図書館」、-el「小単語接尾辞」と同じ。すなわち、小さな本、ひいてはパンフレット、誹謗中傷の本。

libel

libel: see library

libel (n.)

c. 1300, "formal written statement," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber "book" (see library). Broader sense of "any published or written statement likely to harm a person's reputation" is first attested 1630s.

libel (v.)

mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case" (modern sense from 1560s), from libel (n.), q.v. for sense development. Related: Libeled; libelled; libeling; libelling.

1. Canadian libel law is based on English common law.

カナダの誹謗法はイギリスの慣習法に基づいている。

2.She had a libel action against the magazine pending.

彼女が同誌に起こした誹謗訴訟はまだ判決されていない。

3.Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks.

ウォーレン氏は誹謗中傷的な発言をしたと告訴した。

4.It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.

公衆人物が誹謗訴訟に勝つのは難しいかもしれない。

5.The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds.

この新聞は50万ポンドの誹謗損害賠償金を科された。