Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    Of sickness.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Of illness. This phrase was frequently used to designate several species of essoin, (q. v.,) such as de malo lecti, of illness in bed; de malo veniendi, of illness (or misfortune) in coming to the place where the court sat; de malo villœ, of illness in the town where the court sat.