Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort. While similar to the tort of abuse of process it is the misuse of a prior legal process (civil or criminal) that is dismissed in favor of the victim that was brought without probable cause with intentional malice by the defendant. See also barratry, vexatious litigation, frivolous lawsuit This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.