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Malice

means ill-will against a person, but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally without just cause or excuse': Bayley, J., in Bromage v. Prosser, (1825) 4 B&C 255; and see McPherson v. Daniels, (1829) … law to the prejudice of another. In its legal sense it means a wrongful act, done intentionally without just cause or excuse, Bhagat Singh v. Emperor, AIR 1930 Lah 266. Malice has been said to mean any wrong

Justness

The quality of being just conformity to truth propriety accuracy exactness and the like justice reasonableness fairness equity as justness of proportions the … reasonableness fairness equity as justness of proportions the justness of a description or representation the justness of a cause

Malice in law

sense means malice such as may be assumed from the doing of a wrongful act intentionally but without just cause or excuse, or for want of reasonable or probable cause, S.R. Venkataraman v. Union of India, AIR 1979

A mensa et thoro

table and bed.) A term used to describe a partial divorce, in cases in which the marriage was just and lawful, but for some supervenient cause, such as the commission of adultery or cruelty by the husband

Reason

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion a just ground for a conclusion or an action that which is offered or accepted as an explanation the efficient … ground for a conclusion or an action that which is offered or accepted as an explanation the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon a motive for an action or a determination proof more or less

heir

and who cannot be deprived of his or her lawful portion of the decedent's estate by disinherison without just cause see also legitime heir ab in·tes·ta·to [-ab-in-tes-tā-tō, -Ä b-in-tes-tÄ -tō] pl: heirs ab intestato in the civil law

Alimony

is not entitled to it if she elope with an adulterer, or wilfully leave her husband without any just cause for so doing. It is of two kinds: (a) In causes between husband and wife. The husband is

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