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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mala

/mä′lä′/ · Ma·la · IPA /ˈmeɪ.lə/
01 n. pl. Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
  1. 1.
    Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
Phrases & compounds
Mala in se — offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.
Mala prohibita — offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.