Defn: To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
LIBEL
Li"bel, v. i.
Defn: To spread defamation, written or printed; — with against.
[Obs.]
What's this but libeling against the senate Shak.
[He] libels now 'gainst each great man. Donne.
LIBELANT
Li"bel*ant, n.
Defn: One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court. [Written also libellant.] Cranch.
LIBELER
Li"bel*er, n.
Defn: One who libels. [Written also libeller.] " Libelers of others."
Buckkminster.
LIBELIST
Li"bel*ist, n.
Defn: A libeler.
LI BELLA
Li *bel"la, n. Etym: [L., dim. of libra balance. See Level, n.]