willful Hear it!

willful definition - legal

adj

  1. In civil law, intentional, voluntary, knowing; distinguished from accidental, but not necessarily malicious.
  2. In criminal law, an act done stubbornly or with an evil intent.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.