Malicious Prosecution
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
malicious prosecution
: the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause
;also
: an action for damages based on this tort brought after termination of the proceedings in favor of the party seeking damages called also malicious use of process; compare abuse of process
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