dolus

American  

[doh-luhs] / ˈdoʊ ləs /

noun

Roman and Civil Law.

1. fraud; deceit, especially involving or evidencing evil intent (distinguished from culpa).

   One is always liable for dolus resulting in damages.

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Etymology

Origin of dolus

From Latin

Example Sentences

Pistorius, who had his lower legs amputated as a baby but became a champion athlete, was ultimately found guilty of murder in Steenkamp’s shooting on a principle of law called dolus eventualis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Here also there was wilful aggression, and the delict of dolus gets its name from the intentional misleading that characterizes it in Roman law as it does deceit in English law.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

Nam dolus Numidarum nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Hence a set of nominate delicts requiring dolus is supplemented by a theory of culpa.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

Item non tenetur si per inforlunium, et non anitno et voluntate occidendi, nee dolus, nec culpa ejus inveniatur.'

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson