maleficium

In the end, Margaret Scott was found guilty of witchcraft due to prolonged suspicion of her character, the spectral and maleficium evidence provided at her trial, and the prominence of the accusers in her community.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Margaret's case included spectral evidence, but it also involved a lot of maleficium evidence, and she exhibited many characteristics that were believed to be common among witches in New England.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Both the Nelsons and the Wicoms also provided maleficium evidence – a witch's destruction of one's property, health, or family – against Margaret Scott.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Weyer shared an equal dislike for theories which denied the existence of demons and stories which exaggerated their power. 12 Through common sense and careful attention to natural laws, Weyer claimed to be able to discern whether an alleged maleficium resulted from natural causes or the devil's work:

To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994

The Malleus Maleficarum "tried to shift the focus away from the actual harm done to the spiritual state of infidelity and heresy that made maleficium possible."

To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994

Where one could not determine whether maleficium had occurred it was best to use the tools of faith and medicine to bring those who had wandered back into the fold.

To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994

Weyer stopped a witchcraft investigation by arguing that an ill nobleman was "a victim not of maleficium but of demonic possession."

To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994

Noxa autem est ipsum cor - pus, quod nocuit; id est, servus: hoxla ipsum maleficium; veluti furtum, rapina, daiimum, injuriat

The Institutes of Justinian Thomas Cooper , George Harris 1812