单词 | malicious prosecution |
释义 | malicious prosecution malicious prosecution a tort of abuse of legal procedure. It consists in the defendant maliciously initiating proceedings, ending in favour of the plaintiff, where there was no reasonable cause for the prose- cution, causing damage to the plaintiff. Malice for these purposes248 mareva injunction covers not only spite and ill-will but also any motive other than a desire to bring a criminal to justice: Glinski v. McIver [1962] AC 726. |
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