Mala

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malum \Ma"lum\, n.; pl. {Mala}. [L.]
     An evil. See {Mala}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Mala \Ma"la\, n. pl.; pl. of {Malum}. [L.]
     Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]