Constructive malice
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Implied malice; malice inferred from acts; malice imputed bj law; malice which is not shown by direct proof of an intention to do injury, (express malice,) but which is inferentially established by the necessarily injurious results of the acts shown to have been committed. State v. Har-rigan, 9 Houst. (Del.) 369, 31 Atl. 1052; Hogan, v. State, 36 Wis. 238; Caldwell v. Raymond, 2 Abb. Prac. (N. Y.) 196,
Defined under Malice in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Implied malice; malice inferred from acts; malica imputed by law; malice which is not shown by direct proof of an intention to do injury, (express malice,) but which is inferentially established by the necessarily injurious results of the acts shown to have been committed.