dolus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊləs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊləs/
• Rhymes: -əʊləs

Noun

dolus (countable and uncountable, plural doli)

1. (law) Evil intent: malice or fraud.
   • 1849, James G. Butler, A Summary of the Roman Civil Law:

     Every actual delict presupposes a dolus or culpa, with the concomitant consciousness and prepense

Related terms

• dolose
• dolosity
• dolus specialis

References

• “dolus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Sudol, louds, ludos