wrongful act

collocation in English

meaningsofwrongfulandact

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wrongful
adjective
uk
/ˈrɒŋ.fəl/us
/ˈrɑːŋ.fəl/
Wrongful actions are unfair ...
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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofwrongfulandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And if punishment is to be directed against a character who is strongly indifferent toward others' important interests, why require awrongfulactat all?
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Under other circumstances, however, it may only be permissible to threaten to harm someone to discourage him from per forming awrongfulact.
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The subjectivist's readiness to "excuse" inadvertence about matters of fact does not flow from the mere fact that thewrongfulactwas inadvertent.
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Probably the reason they think that it matches is that violating a positive duty is a wrongful omission, while violating a negative duty is awrongfulact.
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In our law we do not punish people by reference to the consequences of theirwrongfulact.
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I think that now the liability for thewrongfulactof a pilot does rest on the owners of a ship.
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A child suffers a disability as a result of thewrongfulactof its father.
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I had no desire to intervene except that when a suggestion is made of somewrongfulacton our part we are entitled to answer.
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None of these people committed anywrongfulactat the time.
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Accordingly, the chief constable would not be liable in reparation for anywrongfulactor omission on the part of a constable on central service.
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The workman is also entitled to claim civil damages where the injury is caused by the negligence or otherwrongfulactof the employer.
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If they remove him from his office when neither inability nor misbehaviour exists, they have committed awrongfulact, and are liable to pay damages.
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The case is not one of overpayment; it is a case of awrongfulact.
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The other ground is if they can show that the seaman would not have been left behind but for his ownwrongfulactor omission.
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Those suits include those concerning libel and slander as well as negligence and any form ofwrongfulact.
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Theoretically, she could, by awrongfulact, affect the father's capacity to produce a healthy child.
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The system of insurance now protects a man against his ownwrongfulact.
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Awrongfulactis understood; a wrongful default is understood; but an omission may be a perfectly reasonable and proper omission.
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