Definition of Malicious abandonment

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Malicious, Malicious Abandonment, Malicious Mischief
MALICIOUS - With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.

MALICIOUS ABANDONMENT - The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, or a wife by her husband.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF - This expression is applied to the wanton or reckless destruction of property, and the wilful perpetration of injury to the person.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

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malicious abandonment

malicious abandonment
malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause...
see malicious