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Willful

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the common sense, voluntary or intentional. In criminal law, the term generally means more than "voluntary," and implies an evil mind or intent.

96 U. S. 699; 140 Ind. 246; 20 Pick. [Mass.] 206; 14 Tex. App. 200.

Thus, one who acts in good faith, believing that no highway existed at that place, is not guilty of "willfully" obstructing a highway.

34 Wis. 675.