网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 seditious libel
释义

Definition of seditious libel in English:

seditious libel

noun
Law
  • 1A published statement which is seditious.

    〔律〕煽动性言论

    his publication in 1763 was decided by the courts to be a seditious libel on George III
    1. 1.1mass noun The action or crime of publishing a seditious statement.
      发表煽动言论;发表煽动言论罪
      James had the bishops tried for seditious libel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Another tactic of the government to silence criticism was to prosecute authors, printers and publishers for seditious libel, a common law crime.
      • One of the posters, questioning the independence of the commissioners, resulted in the South Australian government laying archaic charges of criminal and seditious libel against the paper.
      • He was released on bail in June and his trial for seditious libel began early the following month and was quickly over.
      • Gales' strong reformist views were clearly expressed in his paper - so much so that in 1794 he fled to America to avoid prosecution for seditious libel.
      • Darling did not rest content with actions for criminal or seditious libel.
      • Printers had to settle for prosecutions if they printed seditious libel, so they either played it safe or adopted pseudonyms and fake addresses.
      • These varied from the trials and subsequent execution of radicals for treason, to trials for sedition and seditious libel.
      • James had the bishops tried for seditious libel, but even his judges summed up against him and they were acquitted.

Definition of seditious libel in US English:

seditious libel

noun
Law
  • 1A published statement which is seditious.

    〔律〕煽动性言论

    his publication in 1763 was decided by the courts to be a seditious libel on George III
    1. 1.1 The action or crime of publishing a seditious statement.
      发表煽动言论;发表煽动言论罪
      James had the bishops tried for seditious libel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Darling did not rest content with actions for criminal or seditious libel.
      • He was released on bail in June and his trial for seditious libel began early the following month and was quickly over.
      • Printers had to settle for prosecutions if they printed seditious libel, so they either played it safe or adopted pseudonyms and fake addresses.
      • Another tactic of the government to silence criticism was to prosecute authors, printers and publishers for seditious libel, a common law crime.
      • One of the posters, questioning the independence of the commissioners, resulted in the South Australian government laying archaic charges of criminal and seditious libel against the paper.
      • These varied from the trials and subsequent execution of radicals for treason, to trials for sedition and seditious libel.
      • James had the bishops tried for seditious libel, but even his judges summed up against him and they were acquitted.
      • Gales' strong reformist views were clearly expressed in his paper - so much so that in 1794 he fled to America to avoid prosecution for seditious libel.
随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/28 9:56:06