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Sequestration
Sequestration. This is a prerogative process (formerly confined to the Court of Chancery and the Courts of Probate and Divorce), addressed to certain commissioners empowering them to enter upon real estates, and sequester the rents, and...
Manorial documents
under the control of the lord of the manor but he shall not be entitled to destroy or wilfully damage them. The Master of the Rolls has power to direct the documents to be sent to the
Scienter
Scienter [Lat.] (knowingly, wilfully). In an action of deceit, the scienter must be averred and proved. In case of injury to cattle
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Demurrage
of the ship, or the hostile occupation of the intended port; nor is it claimable for any delay wilfully occasioned by the master, or owners, or crew of the vessel. The claim for demurrage ceases as soon
Legal malice
Legal malice, means something done without lawful excuse. In other words it is an act done wrongfully and wilfully without reasonable or probable cause and not necessarily an act done from ill feeling and spite, Punjab State
Malice
antecedent menaces, former grudges, and concerted schemes to do him some bodily harm; or implied, as where one wilfully poisons another; in such a deliberate act the law presumes malice, though no particular enmity can be proved.
Malice exception
exception, A limitation on a public official's qualified immunity, by which the official can face Civil liability for wilfully exercising discretion in a way that violates a known or well-established right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Malice in law
in law' means 'something done without lawful excuse'. In other words, 'it is an act done wrongfully and wilfully without reasonable or probable cause, and not noiselessly an act done from ill feeling and spite'. It is
Lata culpa dolo 'quiparatur
with a reckless disregard of its truth or untruth has the same effect as a statement which is wilfully untrue.
Murder
may be (and very frequently is) convicted of manslaughter. The Infanticide Act, 1922, provides that a woman who wilfully causes the death of her newly-born child shall be guilty of the felony of infanticide if at the
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