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Mala prohibita
(redirected from Malum prohibitum)

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(Law) offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.

See also: Mala



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As this example illustrates, the ethical issue taxpayers face in planning tax shelter transactions that they will report favorably to themselves is purely one of malum prohibitum.
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The lack of proportionality between lifetime disenfranchisement and many malum prohibitum felonies, as well as the trend among states towards eliminating these laws, supports the cruel and unusual punishment argument.
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Malum prohibitum is latin for "prohibited evil," and is defined as an "act that is a crime merely because it is prohibited by statute, although the act itself is not necessarily immoral," such as jaywalking.
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