Definition of "dolus" []

• Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud (noun)

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• "He was the first to find fault with the use of certain words common at the time, such as dolus for dolor, effloriet for florebit, ossum for os."
• "But for legal principles and terms of art it can be useful to use Latin when faced with the challenge of bridging a gap between two legal systems and/or languages. “volenti non fit injuria”, the distinction between “culpa” and “dolus”, etc."
• "There was nothing resembling the present popularity of a treatment which gives generals so immense a preponderance over particulars — somewhat to the neglect of the old saying about the snare that lies hidden in generals, many persons being tolerably indifferent about the dolus so long as they can make sure of the latet."