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Malitia Supplet Aetatem

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Malice supplies age. Dyer, 104; 1 Bl. Comm. 464; 4 Bl. Comm. 22, 23, 312; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 284. See "Malice." MALITIIS HOMINUM EST OBVIANdum. The wicked or malicious designs of men must be thwarted. 4 Coke, 15b.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Malice supplies age.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. (Malice supplies age.) Proof that a child between the ages of seven and fourteen has " mischievous discretion " will render him doli capax, and criminally liable.