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letter; (3) these points must be considered'the old law, the mischief, and the remedy; (4) remedial statutes are to be more

or reclaimed. As to the liability of the owner for mischief done by a wild beast, or by a vicious domestic

waiti, to look], the lying in wait to execute some mischief, See 13 Ric. 2, st. 2, by which no pardon

or collects a dangerous thing, or anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, Rylands v. Fletcher, (1866) LR 1 Ex.

wants one main ingredient of a crime. If an accidental mischief should follow from the performance of a lawful act, the

an unlawful act without any deliberate intention of doing any mischief, 1 Hawk. P. C. c. xxx., s. 1. It is

as prejudicial to the common utility, and that such public mischief had greatly increased by many large and improvident dispositions, made

suspected persons, that where a false allegation was made the mischief existed whether it was capable of identifying individuals or not;

of love, affection or regard, would not fall within the mischief of the expression 'dowry' made punishable under the Dowry Act,

beneficial owner of the shares does not come within the mischief of this section, Rameshwal Lal Sanwarmal v. Commissioner of Income