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Misdoer
A wrongdoer
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Tortfeasor
Tortfeasor, a wrongdoer; a trespasser.
damage
proof punitive damages : damages awarded in cases of serious or malicious wrongdoing to punish or deter the wrongdoer or deter others from behaving similarly called also exemplary damages smart money spe·cial damages : damages awarded in
Quare ejecit infa terminum
infa terminum (wherefore he ejected within the term), a writ which lay by the ancient law where the wrongdoer or ejector was not himself in possession of the lands, but another who claimed under him. Quare ejecit
Restitutio in integrum
the other party, he had an actio quod metus causa for restitution against the party who was the wrongdoer; and also against an innocent person, who was in possession of that which had thus illegally been got
Sentence
judgment that a court formally pronoun-ces after finding a criminal defendant guilty, the punishment imposed on a criminal wrongdoer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1367. The expression 'sentence' must be restricted to a sentence which is
Law of marque
of reprisal allowing one who has been wronged but cannot obtain justice to take the goods of the wrongdoer found within the wronged person's precinct, in satisfaction of the wrong, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 893.
Right of private defence
are they expected, by use of force, to right the wrongs done to them or to punish the wrongdoer for commission of offences. The right of private defence serves a social purpose and as observed by the
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