Malice - Law Dictionary Search Results
Odio et atia
man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on just cause of suspicion, or only upon malice and ill-will; and if, upon the inquisition, it was found that he was not guilty, then there issued
Prepense
Prepense, forethought, preconceived, contrived beforehand. See MALICE.
Press
of any extractor abstract of such report, subject to qualified privilege; if found published bona fide and without malice, a verdict of 'not guilty' is to be entered. See the (English) Newspaper Libel and Registration Act, 1881
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Wilful
intentionally and designedly; a conscious failure to observe care; conscious; knowing; done with stubborn purpose, but not with malice. The word 'reckless' as applied to negligence, is the legal equivalent of 'wilful' or 'wanton'. In the book
Wilfulness
intentionally and designedly; a conscious failure to observe care; conscious, knowing; done with stubborn purpose, but not with malice, Black's Law Dictionary (Fourth Edn.), p. 1773.
Murder
The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought express or implied intentional and unlawful homicide
public official
that in order for the person to prevail in a defamation action he or she must show actual malice on the part of the defendant compare public figure
Malignance
The state or quality of being malignant extreme malevolence bitter enmity malice disposition toward evil intense ill will as malignancy of heart
plead
by way of a pleading : state in a pleading [unless plaintiff s and proves facts showing actual malice, he cannot recover punitive damages "Kumaran v. Brotman, 617 N.E.2d 191 (1993)"] [ a case of fraudulent conveyance]
aggravating circumstance
degree of liability or culpability [punitive damages are recoverable in a conversion case when the evidence shows legal malice, willfulness, insult, or other aggravating circumstances "Schwertfeger v. Moorehouse, 569 So. 2d 322 (1990)"] ;also : a circumstance
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