What is vexatious?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ihnatowycz v. Disterheft, 2013 ONSC 2814 (CanLII):

Vexatious is broadly synonymous with the concept of abuse of process developed in the exercise of the court’s inherent right to control its own proceedings (Ontario v. Deutsch, [2004] O.J. No. 535 (S.C.), at para. 17).

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