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vexatious
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vexatious
Law (of a legal action or proceeding) instituted without sufficient grounds, esp so as to cause annoyance or embarrassment to the defendant


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118) Current judicial interpretation of the Hyde Amendment standard of vexatiousness, frivolousness, and bad faith indicates a standard of conduct for federal prosecutors that requires them to present charges supported by law and by facts and not use their authority to prosecute for wrongful purposes, (119) though it does not condemn "simple negligence and benign prosecutorial misjudgment.
The Hyde amendment and prosecutorial investigation: the promise of ... by Singband, Lynn R. / Fordham Urban Law Journal
 
 
 
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