Assertion: criminal libel | /r/HasProperty | construed as offence
Facets:
value: against the public
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Criminal libel was construed as an offence against the public at large based on the tendency of the libel to provoke breach of peace, rather than being a crime based upon the actual defamation per se; its veracity was therefore considered irrelevant.