Mala
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. Bad; evll; wrongful.
— Mala fides. Bad faith. The opposite of bona fides, (q. v.) Maid fide, in bad faith Mala fidei possessor, a possessor in bad faith. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 207.
— Mala in se. Wrongs in themselves; acts morally wrong; offenses against conscience. 1 Bl. Comm. 57, 58; 4 Bl. Comm. 8; Com. v. Adams, 114 Mass. 323, 19 Am. Rep. 362; Turner v. Merchants' Bank, 126 AJa 397. 28 South. 469.
— Mala praxis. Malpractice; unskillful management or treatment Particularly applied to the neglect or unskillful management of a physician, surgeon, or apothecary. 3 Bl. Comm. l22.
— Mala prohibita. Prohibited wrongs or offenses, acts which are made offenses by positive laws, and prohibited as such. 1 Bl. Comm. 57, 58 ; 4 Bl. Comm. 8.