malefactor
81Mal- — (m[a^]l ). A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form {male }, as in malediction, malevolent. See {Malice}. [1913 Webster] Note: The form male is chiefly used in cases where… …
82male- — Mal Mal (m[a^]l ). A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form {male }, as in malediction, malevolent. See {Malice}. [1913 Webster] Note: The form male is chiefly used in cases… …
83Malefaction — Mal e*fac tion, n. [See {Malefactor}.] A crime; an offense; an evil deed. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
84Malefactress — Mal e*fac tress, n. A female malefactor. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] …
85Malefice — Mal e*fice, n. [L. maleficium: cf. F. mal[ e]fice. See {Malefactor}.] An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
86M'Naghten Rules — The M Naghten Rules (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) were a reaction to the acquittal of Daniel McNaughton. They arise from the attempted assassination of the British Prime Minister, Robert Peel, in 1843 by Daniel M Naghten. In… …
87Robert Duvall — Infobox actor caption = Duvall at the Tribeca Film Festival, May 2007 birthdate = birth date and age|1931|1|5 birthplace = San Diego, California, USA birthname = Robert Selden Duvall occupation = Actor, director yearsactive = 1959 present spouse …
88The Beggar's Opera — is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric… …
89Revenge — (also vengeance, retribution, or vendetta amongst others) consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response to a real or perceived wrongdoing. Although many aspects of revenge resemble or echo the concept of justice, revenge …
90Assize of Clarendon — The Assize of Clarendon was an 1166 act of Henry II of England that began the transformation of English law from such systems for deciding the prevailing party in a case as trial by ordeal or trial by battle to an evidentiary model, in which… …
