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What is a malum in se?

What is a malum in se? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (literally) A wrong in itself; that which is injurious in its consequence.
  2. (law) The Latin phrase used in law to refer to crimes that are illegal from the nature of crime, that is, inherently evil without any fact of being noticed or punished, as opposed to malum prohibitum. Used to develop common law crimes.
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Codes seek to define and delineate the difference between conduct and behavior that is malum in se, malum prohibitum, and good practice.
We draw from Jeremy Waldron's adept and invaluable distinction between a malum in se and a malum prohibitum approach to the torture prohibition.
Government itself is Malum in se but what I mean is the really bad aspects of government.
This distinction is of long standing in the law, which classifies crimes as either malum in se or malum prohibitum.
The notion of egregiousness brings to mind malum in se, or acts that are inherently wrong, such as using force or fraud against other individuals.
The Latin phrase that we use in criminal law is malum in se, evil in itself.

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