Law. [f. LIBEL v. + -EE.] One against whom a libel has been filed.
1856. Bouvier, Amer. Law Dict., Libellee, a party against whom a libel has been filed in chancery proceedings, or in admiralty, corresponding to the defendant in a common law suit.
1860. in Wharton, Law Lex.
1886. Homilet. Review (N.Y.), Jan., 91. Vermont first put restrictions on the re-marriage of the libellee.
