"malum in se" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mala in se [plural]
Etymology: From Latin malum, the neuter of malus (“bad”) + in (“in”) + se, form of sui (“oneself, itself”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|malum}} Latin malum, {{m|la|malus||bad}} malus (“bad”), {{m|la|in||in}} in (“in”), {{m|la|se}} se, {{m|la|sui||oneself, itself}} sui (“oneself, itself”) Head templates: {{en-noun|mala in se|head=malum in se}} malum in se (plural mala in se)
  1. (literally) A wrong in itself; that which is injurious in its consequence. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-malum_in_se-en-noun-Xj0SC3O8
  2. (law) The Latin phrase used in law to refer to crimes that are illegal from the nature of crime, that is, inherently evil without any fact of being noticed or punished, as opposed to malum prohibitum. Used to develop common law crimes. Categories (topical): Law, Criminal law
    Sense id: en-malum_in_se-en-noun-3qkTBa6q Disambiguation of Criminal law: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 91 Topics: law

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