Male Creditus
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. Unfavorably thought of; in bad repute or credit. Bracton, fols. 116, 154.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Of bad reputation.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. Uhfavorably thought of; in bad repute or credit. Bract, fols. 116, 154.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. Unfavorably thought of; in bad repute or credit. Bract. fols. 116, 154. Maledicta est expositio qux corrumplttextum. That is a cursed interpretation which corrupts the text. 4 Coke, 35a; Broom, Max. 622.