mala

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mala, n. pl. [L.].

Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law. [1913 Webster]

Mala in se [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute. -- Mala prohibita [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.