'Publication of a libel' definitions:

Definition of 'Publication of a libel'

From: GCIDE
  • Publication \Pub`li*ca"tion\, n. [L. publicatio confiscation: cf. F. publication. See Publish.]
  • 1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution. [1913 Webster]
  • The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An act done in public. [R. & Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • Publication of a libel (Law), such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled.
  • Publication of a will (Law), the delivery of a will, as his own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it. [1913 Webster]