"malice in fact" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1845 January, Peter Vivian Daniel, “White v. Nicholls et al.”, in Benjamin C. Howard, editor, United States Reports, volume 44, Philadelphia: T & J. W. Johnson, page 281",
          "text": "But falsehood and want of probable cause are in themselves evidence of malice in fact.",
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        {
          "ref": "1888 June 6, William Vernon Harcourt, parliamentary debates (House of Commons)",
          "text": "A private individual very often made a statement out of malice, but a newspaper very often published these matters not for malice in fact, but because it answered their purpose to do so […]",
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        "Provable intent to commit a crime or otherwise do harm."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) Provable intent to commit a crime or otherwise do harm."
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        "law"
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  "word": "malice in fact"
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          "text": "But falsehood and want of probable cause are in themselves evidence of malice in fact.",
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        },
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        "Provable intent to commit a crime or otherwise do harm."
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        "(law) Provable intent to commit a crime or otherwise do harm."
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