What is the meaning of the word “wrongful” in Canadian law?

This Court was not directed to, nor have I found, any Canadian jurisprudence dealing with the word “wrongful”. Resort to the Oxford English Dictionary was made by Kellock J. in Taylor v. The King,1947 CanLII 6 (SCC), [1947] S.C.R. 462, 89 C.C.C. 209, when examining the meaning of “insult”. Kellock J. said at p. 223: “Insult” is defined in “The Oxford English Dictionary” inter alia, as “an act, or the action, of attacking or assailing; an open and sudden attack or assault without formal preparations; injuriously contemptuous speech or behaviour; scornful utterance or action intended to wound self-respect; an affront; indignity.”