Malicious Mischief - Law Dictionary Search Results
malicious mischief
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malicious mischief
Matched in: Term malicious mischief
vandalism
vandalism : the willful or malicious destruction or defacement of property [insurance covering property damage from and malicious mischief]
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lesser
of lower criminal liability [duress has been held a good defense to such crimes as robbery, burglary and malicious mischief "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."]
Evil minded
Having evil dispositions or intentions disposed to mischief or sin malicious malignant wicked
Animals
domestic animal, see MISCHIEVOUS ANIMAL. Dogs. As to injury by dogs and seizure of stray dogs, see DOG. Malicious Damage. By the Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 40, the unlawful and malicious killing, maiming, or wounding of … of the third class until they are caught or reclaimed. As to the liability of the owner for mischief done by a wild beast, or by a vicious domestic animal, see MISCHIEVOUS ANIMAL. Dogs. As to injury
Malice
Lah 266. Malice has been said to mean any wrong or indirect motive but a prosecution is not malicious merely because it is inspired by anger. However, wrongheaded a prosecutor may be, if he honestly thinks that … Malice [fr. malitia, Lat.], a formed design of doing mischief to another, technically called malitia pr'cogitata, or malice prepense or aforethought. It is either express, as when one
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