Wilfulness - Law Dictionary Search Results
Reckless
Reckless, as applied to negligence is the legal equivalent of wilful or wanton Black's Law Dictionary (Fourth Edn.) at p. 1773. Reckless, Characterized by creation of a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm to others and...
Prevarication
Prevarication, a collusion between an informer and a defendant, in order to a feigned prosecution. Also, any secret abuse committed in a public office or private commission; also, the wilful concealment or misrepresentation of truth, by...
Pigeons
Pigeons. Unlawfully and wilfully to 'kill, wound, or take any house dove or pigeon under such circumstances as shall not amount to larceny at common law' is, by s. 23 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1861,...
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Oath
Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists. The...
Outlawry
Outlawry [fr. utlagaria, Lat.], the being put out of the law for contempt in wilfully avoiding the execution of the process of the King's Court. Outlawry has long been obsolete in civil proceedings, and is formally...
Obstruction of justice
Obstruction of justice, means interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or...
Notice to quit
Notice to quit. Where there is a tenancy from year to year subsisting, it can only be put an end to by notice to quit, which may be given by either party, and must be given...
Neglect
Neglect, means gross, wilful, intentional, culpable or flagrant disregard of duties, Baburao Vishwanath Mathpati v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1996 Bom 227. Neglect, when a money order or a demand draft is sent to the landlord,...
Mushrooms
Mushrooms, to pick these growing in their natural state in a field is not 'wilfully or maliciously to commit damage to real or personal property' within s. 52 of the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861; Gardner...
Risk Note
Risk Note, the name sometimes given to the special contract, sanctioned by s. 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), but not binding on the consignor unless signed...
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