Mala Fides
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Bad faith
The opposite of bona fides, (g. 0.) JMala fide, in bad faith. Mala fidei possessor, a possessor in bad faith.
Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 297.
Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam
Sed in expositions instrumentorum mala grammatica quoad fleri possit evitanda est.
Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed
But in the exposition of instruments, bad grammar, as far as it can be done, is to be avoided.
6 Coke, 39; Broom, Max. 686.