general malice

general malice
Malice toward a group of persons rather than specifically toward one's victim in a homicide. 26 Am J1st Homi § 40. Wickedness; a disposition to do wrong; a black and diabolical heart, regardless of social duty and fatally bent on mischief. State v Long, 117 NC 791, 799, 23 SE 431.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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