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Definition of Wrongful

Wrongful
Wrongful Wrong"ful, a. Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n.

Meaning of Wrongful from wikipedia

- contract and breach of trust. Something that amounts to a civil wrong is wrongful. A wrong involves the violation of a right because wrong and right are...
- In law, wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been...
- Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Cases of wrongful execution are...
- Wrongful birth is a legal cause of action in some common law countries in which the parents of a congenitally diseased child claim that their doctor failed...
- claims of wrongful commitment are a common theme in the anti-psychiatry movement. In 1860, the case of Elizabeth Packard, who was wrongfully committed...
- Wrongful death claim is a claim against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives...
- person for a crime they did not commit. Miscarriages are also known as wrongful convictions. Innocent people have sometimes ended up in prison for years...
- Wrongful trading is a type of civil wrong found in UK insolvency law, under Section 214 Insolvency Act 1986. It was introduced to enable contributions...
- false imprisonment claim may be made based upon private acts, or upon wrongful governmental detention. For detention by the police, proof of false imprisonment...
- This list of wrongful convictions in the United States includes people who have been legally exonerated, including people whose convictions have been overturned...