Maltreatment
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Synonymous with bad treatment. Does riot imply, necessarily, conduct that is either willfully or grossly careless. Results from ignorance, negligence, or willfulness. This, at least, is the meaning, as applied to the treatment of a wound by avsurgeon.2 Compare Malpkaotice. Maltreatment of anituals.
See Cruelty, 3.