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Malicious mischief
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Malicious mischiefThis expression is applied to the wanton or reckless de- struction of property, and the wilful perpetration of injury to the person.
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Expression
The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
Property
Property is commonly thought of as a thing which belongs to someone and over which a person has total control. But, legally, it is more properly defined as a collection of legal rights over a thing. These rights are usually total and fully enforceable by the state or the owner against others. It has been said that "property and law were born and die together. Before laws were made there was no property. Take away laws and property ceases." before laws were written and enforced, property had no relevance. Possession was all that mattered. There are many classifications of property, the most common being between real property or immoveable property (real estate such as land or buildings) and "chattel", or "moveable" (things which are not attached to the land such as a bicycle, a car or a hammer) and between public (property belonging to everybody or to the state) and private property.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
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Malice
"Criminal law. A wicked intention to do an injury. It is not confined to the intention of doing an injury to any particular person, but extends to an evil design, a corrupt and wicked notion against some one at the time of committing the crime; as, if A intended to poison B, conceals a quantity of poison in an apple and puts it in the way of B, and C, against whom he had no ill will, and who, on the contrary, was his friend, happened to eat it, and die, A will be guilty of murdering C with malice aforethought. 2) Torts. The doing any act injurious to another without a just cause.
Malice aforethought
Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, these words, which have a technical force, must be used in charging the offence; for without them, and the artificial phrase murder, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Fost. 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *242, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Malicious
With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.
Malicious abandonment
The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, or a wife by her husband.
Malicious desertion
The act of a hushand or wife, in leaving a consort, without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation.
Malicious prosecution
Torts, or remedies. These terms import a wanton prosecution or arrest, made by a prosecutor in a criminal proceeding, or a plaintiff in a civil suit, without probable cause, by a regular process and proceeding, which the facts did not warrant, as appears by the result.
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Malice
"Criminal law. A wicked intention to do an injury. It is not confined to the intention of doing an injury to any particular person, but extends to an evil design, a corrupt and wicked notion against some one at the time of committing the crime; as, if A intended to poison B, conceals a quantity of poison in an apple and puts it in the way of B, and C, against whom he had no ill will, and who, on the contrary, was his friend, happened to eat it, and die, A will be guilty of murdering C with malice aforethought. 2) Torts. The doing any act injurious to another without a just cause.
Malice aforethought
Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, these words, which have a technical force, must be used in charging the offence; for without them, and the artificial phrase murder, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Fost. 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *242, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Malicious
With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.
Malicious abandonment
The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, or a wife by her husband.
Malicious desertion
The act of a hushand or wife, in leaving a consort, without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation.
Malicious mischief
Malicious prosecution
Torts, or remedies. These terms import a wanton prosecution or arrest, made by a prosecutor in a criminal proceeding, or a plaintiff in a civil suit, without probable cause, by a regular process and proceeding, which the facts did not warrant, as appears by the result.
Malpractice
Any professional misconduct.
Malum in se
Evil in itself.
Malveilles
In some ancient records this word signifies malicious practices, or crimes and misdemeaners.
Malversation
French law. This word is applied to all punishable faults committed in the exercise of an office, such as corruptions, exactions, extortions and larceny.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Expression
The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
Property
Property is commonly thought of as a thing which belongs to someone and over which a person has total control. But, legally, it is more properly defined as a collection of legal rights over a thing. These rights are usually total and fully enforceable by the state or the owner against others. It has been said that "property and law were born and die together. Before laws were made there was no property. Take away laws and property ceases." before laws were written and enforced, property had no relevance. Possession was all that mattered. There are many classifications of property, the most common being between real property or immoveable property (real estate such as land or buildings) and "chattel", or "moveable" (things which are not attached to the land such as a bicycle, a car or a hammer) and between public (property belonging to everybody or to the state) and private property.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Malice
"Criminal law. A wicked intention to do an injury. It is not confined to the intention of doing an injury to any particular person, but extends to an evil design, a corrupt and wicked notion against some one at the time of committing the crime; as, if A intended to poison B, conceals a quantity of poison in an apple and puts it in the way of B, and C, against whom he had no ill will, and who, on the contrary, was his friend, happened to eat it, and die, A will be guilty of murdering C with malice aforethought. 2) Torts. The doing any act injurious to another without a just cause.
Malice aforethought
Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, these words, which have a technical force, must be used in charging the offence; for without them, and the artificial phrase murder, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Fost. 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *242, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Malicious
With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.
Malicious abandonment
The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, or a wife by her husband.
Malicious desertion
The act of a hushand or wife, in leaving a consort, without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation.
Malicious prosecution
Torts, or remedies. These terms import a wanton prosecution or arrest, made by a prosecutor in a criminal proceeding, or a plaintiff in a civil suit, without probable cause, by a regular process and proceeding, which the facts did not warrant, as appears by the result.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Malice
"Criminal law. A wicked intention to do an injury. It is not confined to the intention of doing an injury to any particular person, but extends to an evil design, a corrupt and wicked notion against some one at the time of committing the crime; as, if A intended to poison B, conceals a quantity of poison in an apple and puts it in the way of B, and C, against whom he had no ill will, and who, on the contrary, was his friend, happened to eat it, and die, A will be guilty of murdering C with malice aforethought. 2) Torts. The doing any act injurious to another without a just cause.
Malice aforethought
Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, these words, which have a technical force, must be used in charging the offence; for without them, and the artificial phrase murder, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Fost. 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *242, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Malicious
With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.
Malicious abandonment
The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, or a wife by her husband.
Malicious desertion
The act of a hushand or wife, in leaving a consort, without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation.
Malicious mischief
Malicious prosecution
Torts, or remedies. These terms import a wanton prosecution or arrest, made by a prosecutor in a criminal proceeding, or a plaintiff in a civil suit, without probable cause, by a regular process and proceeding, which the facts did not warrant, as appears by the result.
Malpractice
Any professional misconduct.
Malum in se
Evil in itself.
Malveilles
In some ancient records this word signifies malicious practices, or crimes and misdemeaners.
Malversation
French law. This word is applied to all punishable faults committed in the exercise of an office, such as corruptions, exactions, extortions and larceny.
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