Legal Definitions - insilium

insilium

In a historical legal context, insilium refers to advice or counsel that is deliberately harmful, destructive, or ruinous. It describes guidance given with malicious intent, designed to cause detriment to the recipient.

• Imagine a powerful medieval lord who relies on his chief advisor for strategic military decisions. If this advisor, secretly allied with an enemy kingdom, deliberately counsels the lord to deploy his troops in a tactically disadvantageous position, knowing it will lead to a devastating defeat, this would be considered insilium. The advice is given with the explicit purpose of causing severe harm to the lord and his forces.

• Consider a wealthy merchant in a historical setting seeking guidance from a trusted financial consultant regarding a significant investment. If the consultant, motivated by a personal vendetta, intentionally advises the merchant to invest all his capital into a known fraudulent scheme, ensuring the merchant's financial ruin, this constitutes insilium. The counsel is not merely bad judgment but a deliberate act of sabotage through advice.

• In a historical court, if a legal counsel deliberately advises their client to confess to a crime they did not commit, or to refuse a favorable plea bargain, knowing it will lead to a harsher sentence for the client, this would be an act of insilium. The advice is given with the malicious intent to cause the client significant legal detriment.