Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mala"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mala \Ma"la\, n.; pl. of {Malum}. [L.]
Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

{Mala in se} [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their
own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.

{Mala prohibita} [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute,
as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at
common law.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Malum \Ma"lum\, n.; pl. {Mala}. [L.]
An evil. See {Mala}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mala
n : the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence
of the cheek [syn: {cheekbone}, {zygomatic bone}, {malar
bone}, {jugal bone}, {os zygomaticum}]


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