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malice in law — The intentional performance of an act harmful to another without just or lawful cause or excuse. Brown v Guaranty Estates Corp. 239 NC 595, 80 SE2d 645, 40 ALR2d 1094. The intent unlawfully to take human life in cases where the law neither… … Ballentine's law dictionary
malice — mal·ice / ma ləs/ n 1 a: the intention or desire to cause harm (as death, bodily injury, or property damage) to another through an unlawful or wrongful act without justification or excuse b: wanton disregard for the rights of others or for the… … Law dictionary
malice aforethought — see malice Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. malice aforethought … Law dictionary
malice in fact — see malice Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
malice prepense — index cruelty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
malice — The intentional doing of a wrongful act without just cause or excuse, with an intent to inflict an injury or under circumstances that the law will imply an evil intent. A condition of mind which prompts a person to do a wrongful act willfully,… … Black's law dictionary
malice — The intentional doing of a wrongful act without just cause or excuse, with an intent to inflict an injury or under circumstances that the law will imply an evil intent. A condition of mind which prompts a person to do a wrongful act willfully,… … Black's law dictionary
malice — mal|ice [ˈmælıs] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin malitia, from malus bad ] 1.) the desire to harm someone because you hate them with malice ▪ His eyes gleamed with malice. sheer/pure malice ▪ She did it out of sheer malice. ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
malice — A state of mind, being ill will, hatred, or hostility entertained by one person toward another. 34 Am J1st Mal § 2. More precisely, that state of mind which prompts the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.… … Ballentine's law dictionary
malice — noun (U) 1 the desire or intention to deliberately harm someone: There was no need for Jane to tell them she did it out of sheer malice. | bear sb no malice (=not want to harm someone although they have behaved badly to you) 2 with malice… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
