Mischievous - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Causing mischief harmful hurtful now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport as a mischievous child...
Mischievous animals
Mischievous animals. As to the liability of their owners the law recognizes two classes of animals (q.v.): (1) Animals naturally dangerous to man, such as a lion, tiger, or elephant, as to which the law is that the owner keeps it at his peril; he must prevent it from doing injury, and it is immaterial whether he knows the particular animal in question to be dangerous or not; (2) Animals generally of a harmless description either by nature or cultivation, as dogs, horses or oxen, as to which the rule is that the owner is not liable unless he knows that the particular animal was likely to do mischief, see Filburn v. People's Palace, etc., Co., (1890) 25 QBD 258; Manton v. Brocklebank, (1923) 2 KB 212. As to dangerous dogs, see DOG....
Damnific
Procuring or causing loss mischievous injurious...
Destructive
Causing destruction tending to bring about ruin death or devastation ruinous fatal productive of serious evil mischievous pernicious often with of or to as intemperance is destructive of health evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth...
Elf
An imaginary supernatural being commonly a little sprite much like a fairy a mythological diminutive spirit supposed to haunt hills and wild places and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks...
Elfish
Of or relating to the elves elflike implike weird scarcely human mischievous as though caused by elves...
Elvish
Pertaining to elves implike mischievous weird also vacant absent in demeanor See Elfish...
Envious
Malignant mischievous spiteful...
Evil
Having qualities tending to injury and mischief having a nature or properties which tend to badness mischievous not good worthless or deleterious poor as an evil beast and evil plant an evil crop...
Goblin
An evil or mischievous spirit a playful or malicious elf a frightful phantom a gnome...
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