malum

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an evil or wrongdoing
An evil
malum in se
The Latin phrase used in law to refer to crimes that are illegal from the nature of crime, that is, inherently evil without any fact of its being noticed or punished, as opposed to malum prohibitum. Used to develop common law crimes
malum in se
Wrong in itself
malum prohibitum
The Latin phrase used in law to refer to an action that is not inherently evil, but is nevertheless illegal only because prohibited, as opposed to malum in se. A malum prohibitum offense is something that is wrong only because a statute makes it so, or by consensus that society agrees to prohibit the act, and is typically regulatory in nature and often result in no direct injury or danger to the person, entity, or property but only merely create the danger or probability of it which the statute attempts to minimize. Used to develop consensual crimes
malum in se
(Latin - singular: mala in se) Bad in itself, (things) intrinsically evil or wicked
malum in se
his flaw is clear and obvious
malum
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