Bad Faith

bad intention, malicious intent

Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is a legal concept in which a malicious motive on the part of a party in a lawsuit undermines their case. It has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies. Generally speaking, courts will not just look at the legal rights of parties in pursuing a transaction or a lawsuit, but will look behind the activity at the motives of the persons attempting to obtain the assistance of the court. If a court feels that the reasons behind the transaction or lawsuit have the effect of abusing the power of the law, or the court, it will generally deny a party the ability to rely on a legal remedy that they will otherwise be entitled to.
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Bad faith (from French, mauvaise foi) is a philosophical concept first coined by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre to describe the phenomenon wherein one denies one's total freedom, instead choosing to behave as an inert object. It is closely related to the concept of self-deception and Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of ressentiment.
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Intent to deceive. A person who intentionally tries to deceive or mislead another in order to gain some advantage. - (read more on Bad Faith)
  

Synonyms and related words:
Machiavellianism, Punic faith, ambidexterity, artifice, barratry, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breaking, contravention, cunning, deceitfulness, dereliction, disaffection, dishonesty, disloyalty, double-dealing, doubleness, doubleness of heart, duplicity, faithlessness, falseheartedness, falseness, falsity, fickleness, improbity, inconstancy, infidelity, infraction, infringement, low cunning, mala fides, offense, recreancy, transgression, treachery, trespass, trothlessness, two-facedness, unfaith, unfaithfulness, unloyalty, unsteadfastness, untrueness, violation, wile,