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willful ignorance

An intentional obliviousness to something that one knows to be true. I can't believe you're still smoking, despite knowing all the risks! Your willful ignorance just blows me away.
See also: ignorance
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A willful violation is cited when the employ-er is aware of the law and violates it nevertheless, or when the employer is aware of the hazardous condition and takes no reasonable steps to address it.
To prevail on a willful misconduct defense, the employer must prove that the rule was reasonable, known to the employee, for the employee's benefit and the employee intentionally performed the forbidden act.
The latter two chapters, including the conclusion, offer a perspective on how willful subjects can be informed by this willfulness archive of unhappiness that amasses the stories of individuals who have conceived themselves against the philosophical "chain of command" of the conditional will of others.
The IRS then sent to Gubser Letter 3709, the "FBAR 30-Day Letter," proposing a 50% willful civil FBAR penalty for 2008 under 31 USC section 5321(a)(5)(C), which amounted to about $1.3 million, or half of Gubser's entire lifetime savings.
negligence or willful misconduct." (15) Upon a finding that its
This instruction does provide some level of clarity, basically by avoiding the word willful entirely.
Willful acts must be voluntary rather than accidental or unconscious United States v.
During the course of inquiry, the evidence collected revealed that the accused persons Mehr Ahmad Shoaib ur Rehman Lakk and Mehr Zia ur Rehman Lakk, Director / Mortgagor / Guarantor of M/S Lakk Developers in active aid, abetment and assistance of others committed the offence of willful loan default which is punishable under National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999.
transferor demonstrates that the failure to comply was due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect.
The fourth defendant in the dock during the hearing, 29-year-old Jade Pugh of Heol Fawr, North Cornelly, denied three charges of willful neglect allegedly committed against Caroline Sullivan on June 17, 2012; Lillian Maud Williams between October 14 and 24 the same year and Ronald Bevan on October 18, 2012.
(70) Cheong, supra note 55 at 685; Jonathan Marcus, "Model Penal Code Section 2.02(7) and Willful Blindness" (1993) 102:8 Yale LJ 2231 at 2237.
Researchers found that only 8 percent of the flight Compliance mishaps were due to "willful non-compliance" whereas 39 percent of ACC flight mishaps where categorized as Compliance mishaps for causes that could reasonably be attributed to proficiency-related issues, and 53 percent of the Compliance mishaps where caused by all other issues combined.
The NSA said that 'very rare instances of willful violations of the agency's authorities ' have been found adding that those involved have been disciplined.
According to RBI guidelines, willful defaulters are mostly borrowers who are found to be engaged in deliberate nonpayment of dues despite an adequate cash flow and high net worth.
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