Mala - Law Dictionary Search Results

SC 182. 'Malice' in common acceptation, means and implies spite or ill-will. Malice is a question of fact. Mala fide is not meaningless jargon. It has its proper connotation. The expression 'malice' or mala fides in the

Fraud

7th edn., p. 79) Present day concept of fraud on statute has veered round abuse of power or mala fide exercise of power. It may arise due to overstepping the limits of power or defeating the provision

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Purporting or professing to be done

fide. Even if in the discharge of the statutory duties, any loss of goods occurs, whether by a mala fide act on the part of someone or other serving under the administration or otherwise that by itself

Positive law

law. A rule of conduct enforced by sovereign sanction, Consult Austin's Jurisprudence and Maine's History of Law. See MALA PROHIBITA; LAW.

Police reforms

police performance to ensure its conformity to the law. A supervisory mechanism without scope for illegal, irregular or mala fide interference with police functions has to be devised, Prakash Singh v. Union of India, (2006) 8 SCC

Malum prohibitum

Malum prohibitum. See MALA PROHIBITA.

Malum in se

Malum in se. See MALA IN SE.

malum prohibitum

malum prohibitum pl: mala pro·hib·i·ta [-hi-bə-tə] [New Latin, prohibited offense] : an offense prohibited by statute but not inherently evil or wrong

Falsa orthographia, sive falsa grammatica, non vitiat concessionem

falsa grammatica, non vitiat concessionem. 9 Rep. 48.-(Bad spelling or bad grammar does not vitiate a grant.) see MALA GRAMMATICA.

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