libellant
Britishnoun
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a party who brings an action in the ecclesiastical courts by presenting a libel
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a person who publishes a libel
Example Sentences
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May 22, the vice-admiralty court pronounced a decree in a suit brought by her commander, as libellant, against the prize snow Johnson.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
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 The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared
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