libellant

/ ˈlaɪbələnt /

noun

1. a party who brings an action in the ecclesiastical courts by presenting a libel
2. a person who publishes a libel

Example Sentences

The custom in that State is, to put into the hands of the agent of the libellant the effects libelled, and the proceeds of their sale, if it has taken place.

From Project Gutenberg

May 22, the vice-admiralty court pronounced a decree in a suit brought by her commander, as libellant, against the prize snow Johnson.

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