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Mal, a prefix meaning bad, wrong, fradulent; as mal-administration, mal-practice, malversation etc.Mal, Bad; wrong, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 967....
Petit mal
The mildest form of epilepsy with momentary faintness or unconsciousness but without convulsions opposed to grand mal...
Mal grato
Mal grato, inspite; unwillingly....
Pellagra
An affection of the skin characterized by redness especially in exposed areas scaling and shedding of the skin and accompanied with severe gastrointestinal disturbance and nervous symptoms It is due to a deficiency of niacin vitamin B3 nicotinic acid and protein in the diet and may be caused by malnutrition or in some cases by a heavy dependence on maize for food It was at one time ca 1890 endemic in Northern Italy and was called Alpine scurvy It may also be caused by alcoholism or diease causing an impairment of nutrition It is also called St Ignatiuss itch maidism mal de la rosa mal rosso and psychoneurosis maidica A variety of pellagra seen in children is called infantile pellagra or kwashiorkor...
malfeasance
malfeasance [mal- bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais-, stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere] : the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act involving or affecting the performance of one's duties compare misfeasance, nonfeasance ...
Mal
A prefix in composition denoting ill or evil F male adv fr malus bad ill In some words it has the form male as in malediction malevolent See Malice...
mal de mer
Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water seasickness...
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Abuse
Abuse, means mis-use i.e. using his position for something for which it is not intended. M. Narayanan Nambiar v. State of Kerala, AIR 1963 SC 1116 (1118). [Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (2 of 1947), s. 5(1)(d)]The word 'abuse' has a very wide meaning everything which is contrary to good order established by usage amounts to abuse. Physical or mental mal-treatment also is an abuse, Gaurav Jain v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 3021 (3033): (1997) 8 SCC 114....
Administration
Administration, the giving or supplying of something. The term is used in three different senses. (1) granting of letters of administration to an administrator by the Probate Division. (2) The administration of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or administrator, i.e., the payment of his debts and the distribution of his assets among the persons entitled. See ss. 32 et seq., First Sched., Part III., of the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, and Re Tony, (1931) 1Ch 202. (3) The administration of the estate by the Chancery Division in cases where difficulties have arisen in the course of administration. Orders for administration by the Chancery Division are made on originating summons, and only by the judge in person. see Trist. And Coote, Prob. Pr.; R. S. C. Ord. LV., rr. 3 et seq.; Seton on Judgments. And see ADMINISTRATOR; WIDOW.The body of ministers appointed by the Crown to carry on the government of the country; now more commonly called 'the Government.'The ...
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