自し然ぜん犯はん

noun

malum in se; inherently wrongful act

Legal term for acts considered wrong by their very nature, regardless of statute. Contrasts with 法定犯 (malum prohibitum).

See also: 法定犯

• 殺さつ人じんは自し然ぜん犯はんの典てん型けい例れいである。

  Murder is a typical example of malum in se.

• 自し然ぜん犯はんと法ほう定てい犯はんの区く別べつは、刑けい法ほう理り論ろんにおいて重じゅう要ようである。

  The distinction between malum in se and malum prohibitum is important in criminal law theory.