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41wilful and wanton negligence — A paradoxical expression, since the adjectives imply premeditation or consciousness of danger to another, while negligence implied inadvertence, but described as a reckless disregard of the safety of the person or property of another by failing,… …
42wilful burning — An element of the offense of arson. A conscious and intentional act of setting a fire. 5 Am J2d Arson § 11 …
43wilful default — A conscious abstention by an obligor from doing that which reasonably and under the terms of the obligation he should have done. Anno: 75 ALR 352. An intentional, although not necessarily malicious, wanton, or evil, failure to comply with a… …
44wilful desertion of spouse — A desertion of one s spouse with evil intent and malice; a desertion in disregard of the duty to one s spouse. 27 Am J1st H & W § 437. As a ground for divorce: abandonment of one s spouse with an intent to terminate the marriage relation or an… …
45wilful disobedience — Intentional disobedience by a free agent who knows what he is doing, although not necessarily acting with malice or evil intent. May v New York Motion Picture Co. 45 Cal App 396, 187 P 785 …
46wilful misstatement — A material false statement voluntarily made, with knowledge of its falsity, although not necessarily with intent to deceive. Anzio: 4 ALR 559. See wilfully false …
47wilful neglect of child — An act of omission by a parent in reference to the care and support of a child which is deliberate and intentional, not by accident or inadvertence. 39 Am J1st P & C § 107. See neglect of child …
48wilful negligence — A paradoxical expression, since negligence conveys the idea of inadvertence, but apparently signifying an act done or omitted in such reckless disregard of the security and safety of another as to imply bad faith. 52 Am J1st Torts § 23 …
49wilful voting — An expression which savors of illegality. To vote wilfully when the voter knows that he is not qualified to vote, means to vote designedly or purposely, and a person votes thus only when he has no right to vote and knows that he has no right.… …
50Mabel's Wilful Way — Infobox Film name = Mabel s Wilful Way image size = caption = director = Mabel Normand Mack Sennett producer = writer = narrator = starring = Fatty Arbuckle music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1 May, 1915 runtime = 11… …
