Malum In Se Definition
noun
An act, such as murder, that is inherently evil or immoral.
Webster's New World Law
(literally) Wrong in itself.
Wiktionary
(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 its being noticed or punished, as opposed to malum prohibitum. Used to develop common law crimes.
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Noun
Singular:
malum in se
Plural:
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