Mala /(?)/

Ma·la

Mala

n. pl.
  1. Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

Phrases & Compounds
Mala in se
offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.
Mala prohibita
offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.