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Webster 1913 Edition

Libelant

Li′bel-ant

(-ant)
,
Noun.
One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
[Written also
libellant
.]
Cranch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Libelant

LI'BELANT

,
Noun.
One who libels; one who brings a libel or institutes a suit in an admiralty court.
The counsel for the libelant, contended they had a right to read the instructions.

Definition 2024

libelant

libelant

English

Alternative forms

Noun

libelant ‎(plural libelants)

  1. party which has made a libel (hostile handbill) against a libelant

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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