MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Definition: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

1. A wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. --Bouvier. Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- Ma*li"cious*ly , adv. -- Ma*li"cious*ness , n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commercial Usage: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Domain	Title
Books	False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution, and Police Misconduct: Pleadings and Practice (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Malicious prosecution

Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort. While similar to the tort of abuse of process it is the misuse of a prior legal process (civil or criminal) that is dismissed in favor of the victim that was brought without probable cause with intentional malice by the defendant.

See also barratry, vexatious litigation, frivolous lawsuit

Frequency of Internet Keywords: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Modern Translations: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Language		Translations for "MALICIOUS PROSECUTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		poursuite malveillante. (various references)

Pig Latin		aliciousmay osecutionpray.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-u-u"
	-5 letters: micropulsations.
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Alternative Orthography: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 4C 49 43 49 4F 55 53 50 52 4F 53 45 43 55 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01001100 01001001 01000011 01001001 01001111 01010101 01010011 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01010011 01000101 01000011 01010101 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 004C 0049 0043 0049 004F 0055 0053 0050 0052 004F 0053 0045 0043 0055 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
malicious prosecution	25
elements malicious prosecution	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

Definition: MALICIOUS PROSECUTION