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malum prohibitum

(mal-[schwa]m proh-hib-i-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin “prohibited evil”] An act that is a crime merely because it is prohibited by statute, although the act itself is not necessarily immoral. • Misdemeanors such as jaywalking and running a stoplight are mala prohibita, as are many regulatory violations. Pl. mala prohibita Cf. MALUM IN SE. — malum prohibitum,adj.

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malum prohibitum

malum prohibitum (mal-[schwa]m proh-hib-i-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin “prohibited evil”] An act that is a crime merely because it is prohibited by statute, although the act itself is not necessarily immoral. • Misdemeanors such as jaywalking and running a stoplight are mala prohibita, as are many regulatory violations. Pl. mala prohibita. Cf. MALUM IN SE. — malum

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non fecit vastum contra prohibitionem

non fecit vastum contra prohibitionem (non fee-sit vas-t[schwa]m kahn-tr[ schwa] proh-[h][schwa]-bish-ee-oh-n[schwa]m). [Latin “he did not commit waste against the prohibition”] In an estrepement action, a tenant’s denial of any destruction to lands after an adverse judgment but before the sheriff has delivered possession of the lands to the plaintiff. See ESTREPEMENT.

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prohibited degree

A degree of relationship so close (as between brother and sister) that marriage between the persons is forbidden by law. • Generally, with slight variations from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, the law forbids marriages between all persons lineally related and within the third civil-law degree of relationship. That is, aunt–nephew and uncle–niece relations are prohibited. Prohibited

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