Malice Defined

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Torts
  4. False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation
  5. False Arrest
  6. Malice Defined

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Malice consists in personal spite or in a general disregard of the right consideration of mankind, directed by chance against the individual injured.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2936; Code 1868, § 2943; Code 1873, § 2994; Code 1882, § 2994; Civil Code 1895, § 3855; Civil Code 1910, § 4451; Code 1933, § 105-1002.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Malicious Prosecution, § 45 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 54 C.J.S., Malicious Prosecution, § 53 et seq.

ALR.

- Pleading good faith or lack of malice in mitigation of damages in action for false arrest or imprisonment, 49 A.L.R.2d 1460.

Defendant's state of mind necessary or sufficient to warrant award of punitive damages in action for false arrest or imprisonment, 93 A.L.R.3d 1109.


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