2. The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to
the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
The publication of these papers was not owing to our
folly, but that of others. --Swift.
3. That which is published or made known; especially, any
book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public
notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
4. An act done in public. [R. & Obs.]
His jealousy . . . attends the business, the
recreations, the publications, and retirements of
every man. --Jer. Taylor.
{Publication of a libel} (Law), such an exhibition of a libel
as brings it to the notice of at least one person other
than the person libeled.
{Publication of a will} (Law), the delivery of a will, as his
own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it.