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  • MALO GRATO
    Lat. In spite. Unwillingly.
  • MALO SENSU
    Lat. In an evil sense or meaning; with an evil signification.
  • MALPRACTICE
    As applied to physicians and surgeons, this term means, generally, professional misconduct towards a patient which is considered reprehensible either because immoral in itself or because contrary to law or expressly forbidden by law. In a more specific sense, it means bad, wrong, or injudicious treatment of a patient, professionally More...
  • MALT
    A substance produced from barley or other grain by a process of steeping In water until germination begins and then drying in a kiln, thus converting the starch into saccharine matter. See Hoi lender v. Magone (C. C.) 38 Fed. 915; U. S. v. Conn, 2 Ind. T. 474, 52 More...
  • MALTREATMENT
    In reference to the treatment of his patient by a surgeon, this term signifles improper or unskillful treatment; it may result either from ignorance, neglect, or willfulness; but the word does not necessarily imply that the conduct of the surgeon, in his treatment of the patient, is either willfully or More...
  • MALUM
    n. Lat. In Roman law. A mast; the mast of a ship. Dig. 50, 17, 242, pr. Held to be part of the ship. Id.
  • MALUM
    adj. Lat Wrong; evil; wicked reprehensible. -Malum iu se. A wrong in itself; an act or case involving illegality from the very nature of the transaction, upon principles of natural, moral, and public law. Story, Ag. ? 346. An act is said to be malum in se when it is More...
  • MALVEILLES
    In old English law. Ill will; crimes and misdemeanors; malicious practices. Cowell.
  • MALVEIS PROCURORS
    L. Fr. Such as used to pack juries, by the nomination of either party in a cause, or other practice. Cowell.
  • MALVEISA
    A warlike engine to batter and beat down walls.
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