wilfully

wilfully
With a purpose or willingness to commit an act or to omit the performance of an act, irrespective of intent to violate the law or to injure another. Howe v Martin, 23 Okla 561, 102 P 128. Deliberately and with a specific purpose. Hartzel v United States, 322 US 680, 88 L Ed 1534, 64 S Ct 1233. Knowingly, obstinately, and persistently, but not necessarily maliciously. 34 Am J1st Mal § 2. A technical word in an indictment or information. 27 Am J1st Indict § 67. Implying a certain state of mind for the performance of an act proscribed by statute. Screws v United States, 325 US 91, 89 L Ed 1495, 65 S Ct 1031, 162 ALR 1330. Intentionally, deliberately, with a bad or evil purpose, contrary to known duty. State ex rel. Fletcher v Naumann, 213 Iowa 418, 239 NW 93, 81 ALR 483. This word when used in a criminal statute generally means an act done with a bad purpose, or without justifiable excuse, or stubbornly, obstinately, perversely, and is also employed to characterize a thing done without ground for believing it is lawful, or conduct marked by careless disregard whether or not one has the right so to act. United States v Murdock, 290 US 389, 78 L Ed 381, 54 S Ct 223.

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