Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Libel or slander?

Libel or slander? Libel: noun – in Civil and Admiralty Law, a document bearing a plaintiff'sallegations and establishing a suit; in Scottish Law, a formal statementsetting out grounds on which a civil or criminal prosecution is made, anindictment; in Ecclesiastical Law, the first pleading, or the plaintiff'swritten statement or charges, in a plenary case; a small book, short piece ofwriting; a leaflet or pamphlet publicly posted or circulated and  defaming the character of someone; a false anddefamatory statement; some thing or circumstance that tends to bring undeserveddiscredit on a person, a country, an organisation, by misrepresentation; in Law,a false and defamatory statement in writing, film, or other permanent form; theact or offence of publishing such a statement.
Slander: noun - utterance or spreading of a false or malicious statementabout a person, intended to injure or defame; in Law, a false and defamatoryoral statement; the act or offence of making such a statement; Discredit,disgrace, or shame, especially as incurred by transgression of moral law;disrepute, opprobrium; a source of shame or dishonour; a discreditable act orperson; a cause of moral lapse or fall.
In the legal definitions, 'libel' involves letters(publication of some sort), 'slander' is said, spoken.
So, you can shout slander from the rooftops or you can libelthrough written, recorded, filmed or any other permanent means; in either case,you're open to a law suit.
Pic: Bullrushes in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire.