Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

libellus famosus

n. [Latin] Roman law. A defamatory publication."Libellus famosus According to the Lex Cornelia de iniuriis punishment was inflicted on the person who wrote (scripserit), composed (composuerit) or edited (edi- derit) such a lampoon, even if the publication was made under another name or anonymously (sine nomine)." Adolf Berger, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law 562 (1953).