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Record 1 2012-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Rules of Court
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

The term "bad faith" is not simply bad judgment or negligence, but rather it implies the conscious doing of a wrong because of dishonest purpose or moral obliquity; it is different from the negative idea of negligence in that it contemplates a state of mind affirmatively operating with furtive design or ill will. (Black's, 6th ed., 1990, p. 139).

OBS

"Mala fide" (= in bad faith) is the adverb or adjective. "Mala fides" = (bad faith) the noun. (Garner, 1987, p. 349)

Key term(s)
  • mala fide

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

mauvaise foi : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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