Libel (disambiguation)
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Libel is most commonly a legal term. As such, it may refer to:
- Slander and libel - communication of a statement that makes a false claim,
- Seditious libel - a criminal offence under English common law, related to attacks on the government or the church
- Blasphemous libel - a common law criminal offence in England and Wales
Non-legal uses of the term include:
- Libel (poetry) - a verse genre primarily of the Renaissance, descended from the tradition of invective in classical Greek and Roman poetry
- Libel, a village in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou District of the Czech Republic