See Also: Batavian(dictionary)
Batavian Republic(encyclopedia)
Libel(law)
libel(medicine)
libel(2)(dictionary)
libel(1)(dictionary)
Libel(money)
libel 1, noun(dictionary)
libel 2, verb(dictionary)
LIBEL OF ACCUSATION(law)

Batavian Republic (sh) and libel(2) (iou)


Batavian Republic (sh)




Republic of the Netherlands after it was conquered by France in 1795.

Its government, set up in 1798, was bound to France by alliance. In 1805 Napoleon renamed it the Batavian Commonwealth and placed executive power in the hands of a dictator. In 1806 it was replaced by the Kingdom of Holland under the rule of Louis Bonaparte; it was incorporated into the French empire in 1810.


libel(2) (iou)



libel verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. LME.
[from the noun: cf. medieval Latin libellare in sense 2.]
verb intrans. Institute a suit against or against a person. LME-L16.
verb trans.
a. Ecclesiastical & Scots Law. Specify in a libel; institute a suit against (a person) by means of a libel. L15.
b. Admiralty Law. Bring suit against (a vessel or cargo or its owner). E19.
verb intrans. Make libellous accusations or statements; spread defamation. Foll. by against, on. L16-M17.
verb trans. Defame by the circulation of libellous statements; accuse falsely and maliciously; spec. (Law), publish a libel against. E17.
Pope But what so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair.