Answer:

libel

Answer	Crossword Clue
LIBEL	Defame in print
LIBEL	Defame in writing
LIBEL	Type of suit

LIBEL	Absence of Malice topic
LIBEL	Smear in ink
LIBEL	Smear in print
LIBEL	Calumny's kin
LIBEL	What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for
LIBEL	Kind of suit
LIBEL	Publishing crime
LIBEL	Defame

LIBEL	Reason for a suit
LIBEL	Tort type
LIBEL	Defamatory words
LIBEL	Suit material
LIBEL	Defamation in print
LIBEL	Defamatory text
LIBEL	Printing error?
LIBEL	Vilify in print

LIBEL	Bad writing?
LIBEL	Bad press?
LIBEL	Reason to sue a publisher
LIBEL	Defamation
LIBEL	Actionable words
LIBEL	Attack in print
LIBEL	Put down in writing?
LIBEL	What tabloids are often sued for

LIBEL	Insult in print
LIBEL	Reputation wrecker
LIBEL	Print falsehoods about
LIBEL	Defamatory statement
LIBEL	Defamation in writing
LIBEL	Malign in print
LIBEL	Written defamation
LIBEL	Defamatory writing

LIBEL	Slander relative
LIBEL	Printed defamation
LIBEL	Sort of tort
LIBEL	Type of tort
LIBEL	Form of defamation