English Dictionary

malum prohibitum

名詞

(law) An action that is not inherently evil, but is nevertheless illegal only because prohibited, as opposed to malum in se. A malum prohibitum offense is something that is wrong only because a statute makes it so, or by consensus that society agrees to prohibit the act, and is typically regulatory in nature and often result in no direct injury or danger to the person, entity, or property but only merely create the danger or probability of it which the statute attempts to minimize. Used to develop consensual crimes.

日本語の意味

（法）行為そのものが本質的に悪であるわけではなく、法令や社会的合意によって規制・禁止されている行為。直接的な被害や危険を伴わなくても、法律が禁止を定めることにより違法とされる行動を指す。

The prosecutor argued that the activity, while not immoral, constituted a malum prohibitum punishable by fines.

検察官は、その行為は道徳的に悪いわけではないが、法律で禁止されているため違法とされ、罰金の対象になる行為であると主張した。

意味（1）

(law) An action that is not inherently evil, but is nevertheless illegal only because prohibited, as opposed to malum in se. A malum prohibitum offense is something that is wrong only because a statute makes it so, or by consensus that society agrees to prohibit the act, and is typically regulatory in nature and often result in no direct injury or danger to the person, entity, or property but only merely create the danger or probability of it which the statute attempts to minimize. Used to develop consensual crimes.

mala prohibita （ plural ）