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mala |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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