Implied malice
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Malice inferred by legal reasoning and necessary deduction from the res gestœ or the conduct of the party. Malice inferred from any deliberate cruel act committed by one person against another, however sudden.
Whart. Horn. 38.
What is calied "general malice" is often thus inferred.
Sparf v. U. S., 156 U. S. 51 , 15 Sup. Ct. 273, 39 L. Ed. 343; Hotema v. U. S., 186 U. S. 413 , 22 Sup. Ct. 895, 46 L. Ed. 1225; Darry v. People, 10 N. Y. 120; State v. Mason, 54 S. a 240, 32 S. E. 357; State v. Neal, 37 Me. 469; State v. Harrigan, 9 Houst. (Del.) 369, 3l Atl. 1052.