Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malum in se

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: malum in se
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wrong in itself; that which is injurious in its consequence.

noun

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.

Etymology

From Latin malum, the neuter of malus (“bad”) + in (“in”) + se, form of sui (“oneself, itself”).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

mala in se (plural)

Questions

What does malum in se mean?: A wrong in itself; that which is injurious in its consequence.
Where does malum in se come from?: From Latin malum, the neuter of malus (“bad”) + in (“in”) + se, form of sui (“oneself, itself”).

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