Note 345 — Chapter XVIII · INTENTION AND NEGLIGENCE.
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It is to malice in one only of these two uses that the well-known definition given in Bromage v. Prosser (4 Barn & C. 247; 28 R. R. 241) is applicable: “Malice in common acceptation means ill-will against a person; but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.” See, to the same effect, Mogul Steamship Co. v. McGregor Gow & Co., 23 Q. B. D. at p. 612, per Bowen, L. J.; and Allen v. Flood, (1898) A. C. at p. 94, per Lord Watson.