Malice - Law Dictionary Search Results
Bias
Bias [adopted from Fr. biais, oblique]. The law will not suppose a possibility of bias in a judge, who is already sworn to administer impartial justice, and whose authority greatly depends upon that presumption and idea,...
Exemplary damages
Exemplary damages, damages on an unsparing scale, given in respect of tortious acts, committed through malice or other circumstances of aggravation. In Belt. v. Lawes, (1884) 2 QBD 356, an action by a sculptor
Fair comment
action of libel for words prima facie defamatory; but the defence will be of no avail if express malice is established, Thomas v. Bradbury, Agnew & Co., (1906) 2 KB 627. When the defence is one of
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Good faith
first the circumstances under which the letter was written or words were uttered; secondly, whether there was any malice; thirdly, whether the appellant made any enquiry before he made the allegations; fourthly, whether there are reasons to
Intention
Intention. See ACTUS NON FACIT REUM; MALICE.
Malignity
The state or quality of being malignant disposition to do evil virulent enmity malignancy malice spite
Malitia supplet 'tatem
Malitia supplet 'tatem. Dyer, 104 b.-(Malice supplies [the want of] age); as in the case of a child between 7 & 14 years of age, who can be convicted of a crime if, and if only,...
Manslaughter
Manslaughter, the unlawful killing of another without malice express or implied. It is either-- (a) Voluntary, upon a sudden heat; or, (b) Involuntary, upon the commission
Master and servant
will be liable to an action for defamation, though, until the untruth of the character given and express malice have been proved, the communication is presumed to have been privileged, and no action is sustainable. A stranger
Measure of damage
of. The exception is those ases where vindictive or exemplary damages can be given, e.g., libel, slander, violence, malice, cruelty, or breach of promise of marriage. The actual loss cannot always be recovered, as the whole or
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