"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: {{uder|en|la|malum}} Latin malum 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36
  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: 16 84 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 43 57 Topics: law

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