disinterested malevolence

disinterested malevolence
An epigrammatic phrase coined by Mr. Justice Holmes which is supposed to mean that the genesis which will make a lawful act unlawful must be a malicious one unmixed with any other and exclusively directed to injury and damage of another. Beardsley v Kilmer, 236 NY 80, 140 NE 203.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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