saevetia

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SAEVETIA. Cruelty. (q.v.) It is required in order to constitute saevetia 
that there should exist such a degree of cruelty as to endanger the party's 
suffering bodily hurt. 1 Hagg. Cons. R. 85; 2 Mass. 150; 3 Mass. 821; 4 
Mass. 587. 
    

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