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express malice<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Criminal law<\/em>. The intent to kill or seriously injure arising from a deliberate, rational mind. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>See actual malice<\/strong><\/em><\/span> (1). <\/span><\/p>\n

3. <\/strong>Defamation<\/em>. The bad faith publication of defamatory material.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A deliberate or premeditated design to inflict injury or take life. 26 Am J1st Homi \u00a7 38<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the purposes of the law of defamation, malice in fact<\/span><\/em> as distinguished from implied malice. 33 Am J1st L & S \u00a7 111<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. For the purpose of first degree murder<\/a>, a deliberate or premeditated design to inflict injury or take life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. For the purposes of the law of defamation, malice in fact<\/span><\/em> is distinguished from implied malice.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

actual malice<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The deliberate intent to commit an injury, as evidenced by external circumstances.<\/strong> \u2014 aka express malice<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; malice in fact<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.
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2. Defamation<\/em>. Knowledge (by the person who utters or publishes a defamatory statement) that a statement is false, or reckless disregard about whether the statement is true.\u00a0 *\u00a0 To recover for defamation, a plaintiff who is a public official or public figure must overcome the defendant\u2019s qualified privilege by proving the defendant’s actual malice.\u00a0 And for certain other types of claims, a plaintiff must prove actual malice to recover presumed or punitive damages. <\/strong>\u2014 aka New York Times malice<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; constitutional malice<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; common-law malice<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]
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1. Real as distinguished from legal or technical malice. 30 Am J Rev ed Interf \u00a7 45<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hatred, ill will, or hostility entertained by one person toward another. 34 Am J1st Mal \u00a7\u00a7 2, 3<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the cases are not entirely in accord, it would appear that the better view is that wantonness may amount to actual malice. Crane v New York World Tel. Corp<\/em>. 308 NY 470, 126 NE2d 753, 52 ALR2d 1169.\u00a0 Compare 34 Am J1st Mal \u00a7 3<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Malice that is present in the form of a specific intent to kill or to do bodily injury; malice in fact<\/span>.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

malice in fact<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Actual malice; a positive desire and intention to annoy or injure another person. Gamble v Keyes<\/em>, 43 SD 245, 178 NW 870<\/span>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In overcoming privilege, a motive which induces the defendant <\/strong>to defame the plaintiff. Hemmers v Nelson<\/em>, 138 NY 517, 34 NE 342<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Actual malice; express malice; a positive intention to injure another person.\u00a0 Malice in fact deprives a defendant in a defamation action of the ability to defend on the ground that his statement is privileged.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See conditionally privileged communication<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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