wrongdoer
71culprit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. offender, malefactor, wrongdoer, evildoer. See guilt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. offender, guilty party, accused; see criminal , prisoner . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. offender, guilty party,… …
72malefactor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. evildoer, wrongdoer, criminal, felon. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. criminal, evildoer, wrongdoer, transgressor, convict, villain, rascal, scoundrel, hellhound, wretch, jailbird, culprit, delinquent, outlaw …
73Evil doer — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Maleficent being. < N PARAG:Evil doer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 evil doer evil doer evil worker Sgm: N 1 wrongdoer wrongdoer &c. 949 Sgm: N 1 mischief maker mischief maker marplot Sgm: N 1 oppressor oppressor …
74intervening agency — To render an original wrong a remote cause, an intervening agency must be independent of such wrong, adequate to produce the injury, so interrupting the natural sequence of events as to produce a result different from what would have been… …
75intervening agency — To render an original wrong a remote cause, an intervening agency must be independent of such wrong, adequate to produce the injury, so interrupting the natural sequence of events as to produce a result different from what would have been… …
76penal — Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty @ penal action In its broadest context, it refers to criminal prosecution. More particularly, it refers to a civil action in which a wrongdoer is subject to a… …
77res — /riyz/ The subject matter of a trust or will. In the civil law, a thing; an object. As a term of the law, this word has a very wide and extensive signification, including not only things which are objects of property, but also such as are not… …
78wrong — A violation of the legal rights of another; an invasion of right to the damage of the parties who suffer it, especially a tort. State ex rel. and to Use of Donelon v. Deuser, 345 Mo. 628, 134 S.W.2d 132, 133. It usually signifies injury to person …
79assize of nuisance — A common law writ for nuisance with the two fold purpose of abatement and the recovery of damages. At common law this writ did not lie against the alienee of a wrongdoer, for the purchaser was to take the land in the same condition it was… …
80penalty — In the broad sense of the term, the consequences visited by law upon the heads of those who violate the law, particularly provisions of the criminal law and police regulations. A punishment for the nonperformance of an act or for the performance… …
