Definition of Libellant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Libellant

libeccio
libeccios
libel
libel tourism
libelant
libelants
libeled
libelee
libelees
libeler
libelers
libeling
libelings
libelist
libelists
libellant (current term)
libellants
libelled
libellee
libellees
libeller
libellers
libelling
libellist
libellous
libellulid
libellulids
libelluloid
libelous
libels

Literary usage of Libellant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1848)
"The respondent chartered the bark of the libellant, for a round sum, to carry a cargo of bones to Hull, in England, for one William Ward, who was the owner ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford, Francis Howland, Samuel Rossiter Betts (1855)
"Ninth,—That, on or about the fourth day of August, your libellant was sick, ... Your libellant told the man bringing the order, of his inability, ..."

3. The American Admiralty: Its Jurisdiction and Practice, with Practical Forms by Erastus Cornelius Benedict (1910)
"On or about the twenty-fifth day of March, while on the high seas, the libellant was lying in his berth in the forecastle while it was his watch below, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Marriage, Divorce, Separation, and Domestic Relations by James Schouler, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1921)
"Spouse Must Be libellant. Public policy insists so strenuously upon upholding the marriage relation against all outside of it who may seck to intermeddle, ..."

5. Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the Decisions of by James Perronet Aspinall, Butler Aspinall, Geoffrey Hutchinson, James. A. Petrie, F. A. P. Rowe, Bruce Farthing (1873)
"The libellant, who was also in the wrecking business, was then engaged in raising a wreck in Beaver Harbour, near Beaver Island, a few miles distant from ..."

6. Reports of Cases in Admiralty, Argued and Determined in the District Court by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, United States, Samuel Rossiter Betts (1857)
"And your libellant further shows, that said bark Zenobia arrived in the port of New York on or about the 9th day of May instant; and on or about the 10th ..."

7. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"By libellant, that the district court erred in holding (1) that the property captured at the naval ... We agree with counsel for libellant that the words ..."

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