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malam

British  
/ ˈmælæm, -əm /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of mallam

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Why are both cases to be interpreted in malam partem?

From Froude's History of England by Kingsley, Charles

Why are all acts both of Henry and his Parliament to be taken in malam partem?

From Froude's History of England by Kingsley, Charles

"Abi tu in malam crucem," says his Riv'rence.

From Stories of Comedy by Johnson, Rossiter

Siquidem immittendo bonam cogitationem, nos praevenit; immutando etiam malam voluntatem sibi per consensum iungit; ministrando et consensui facultatem foris per apertum opus nostrum internus opifex innotescit.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

It is not every man's part, saith one of our opposites,1188 to judge de circumstantia, quae reddit actionem vel bonam vel malam.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George