his publication in 1763 was decided by the courts to be a seditious libel on George III
1.1mass nounThe 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
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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
1.1The 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.