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fire raising

malicious burning to destroy property arson

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

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Arson

Arson [fr. ardeo, Lat., to burn], the malicious firing of a house or other building. The law upon this subject is to be found in the

House, Houses

Co. Litt. 5 b. As to a devise of a 'house,' see Theobald on Wills; Jarman on Wills. Malicious injuries to houses by tenants, or by means of explosive substances, are punishable by the Malicious Damage Act,

Tort

Tort [fr. tortus, Lat.], an injury or wrong independent of contract, as by assault, libel, malicious prosecution, negligence, slander, or trespass (see those titles). Actions are divided into actions in contract and actions in

Reasonable and probable cause

giving him in custody thereon. Its absence is one of the causes of action in an action for malicious prosecution and its existence is a defence to an action for false imprisonment. After the jury have found

Plant

punishable by imprisonment up to one month or fine up to 20s, Larceny Act, 1861, ss. 36, 37. Malicious damage is similarly punishable by ss. 23, 24 of the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861. Plant includes machinery,

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

Fence

land for the better manurance and improvement of the same (Jac. Law Dict.) As to the larceny or malicious destruction of fences, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), ss. 34, 35; (English)

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