VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 41.000
Definition of Malicious Prosecution
Malicious prosecution is the institution of criminal proceedings by one person against another,
maliciously and without probable cause, if those proceedings ended in a manner [favorable; not
unfavorable] to the person prosecuted.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
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