wilful disregard

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• wilful misconduct — Deliberate disobedience of the law, inclusive of acts of omission as well as acts of commission. The intentional doing, or omitting to do something, either with the knowledge that such act or omission is likely to result in harm or with a wanton… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wilful and malicious injury — An injury to property inflicted intentionally and in disregard of duty. Re Dixon (DC NY) 21 172d 565. Within the meaning of the exception of certain liabilities from discharge in bankruptcy: injury to person or property inflicted intentionally… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• disregard — I. n. 1. Neglect, slight, contempt, ignoring, wilful oversight. 2. Disesteem, disfavor, indifference. II. v. a. Neglect, slight, overlook, ignore, contemn, disobey, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, take no notice of, turn a… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• wilful and wanton negligence — A paradoxical expression, since the adjectives imply premeditation or consciousness of danger to another, while negligence implied inadvertence, but described as a reckless disregard of the safety of the person or property of another by failing,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wilful desertion of spouse — A desertion of one s spouse with evil intent and malice; a desertion in disregard of the duty to one s spouse. 27 Am J1st H & W § 437. As a ground for divorce: abandonment of one s spouse with an intent to terminate the marriage relation or an… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wilful negligence — A paradoxical expression, since negligence conveys the idea of inadvertence, but apparently signifying an act done or omitted in such reckless disregard of the security and safety of another as to imply bad faith. 52 Am J1st Torts § 23 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• capricious disregard — A wilful and deliberate disregard of competent testimony and relevant evidence which one of ordinary intelligence could not possibly have avoided in reaching the result. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Review v. Kessler, 27 Pa.Cmwlth. 1, 365… …   Black's law dictionary

• capricious disregard — A wilful and deliberate disregard of competent testimony and relevant evidence which one of ordinary intelligence could not possibly have avoided in reaching the result. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Review v. Kessler, 27 Pa.Cmwlth. 1, 365… …   Black's law dictionary

• serious and wilful misconduct — In worker s compensation law, the intentional doing of something with the knowledge that it is likely to result in a serious injury, or with a wanton and reckless disregard of its probable consequences …   Black's law dictionary

• serious and wilful misconduct — Deliberate misconduct, something more than mere negligence or even gross or culpable negligence. Conduct to which moral blame attaches the intentional doing of something either with the knowledge that it is likely to result in serious injury or… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• willful — Proceeding from a conscious motion of the will; voluntary; knowingly; deliberate. Intending the result which actually comes to pass; designed; intentional; purposeful; not accidental or involuntary. Premeditated; malicious; done with evil intent …   Black's law dictionary