单词 | mala fide |
释义 | mala fideadv.adj. Originally and chiefly Law. A. adv. In bad faith. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > in bad faith [phrase] mala fide1612 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 180 The said Thomas was in mala fide be intrometting with the gudis libellit.] 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 ix. 209 Yet the vehement presumption that we haue of it, hath made us possessors mala fide. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) i. vii. 64 It extends to the Fruits which he hath enjoyed, mala fide. 1793 A. Hamilton Let. 9 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (2007) Presidential Ser. XIII. 393 Mr Fraunces..became possessed of them mala fide. B. adj. Acting in bad faith or in contempt of the law; pretended, not genuine, sham. Used chiefly with agent nouns. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] fainta1340 counterfeit1393 pretense1395 feinta1400 feigned1413 disguisyc1430 colourable1433 pretending1434 simulate1435 dissimuled1475 simulative1490 coloureda1500 dissimulate?a1500 simuled1526 colorate1528 dissembled1539 mock1548 devised1552 pretended?1553 artificial1564 supposed1566 counterfeited1569 supposing?1574 affecteda1586 pretensive1607 false1609 supposite1611 simulara1616 simulatory1618 simulated1622 put-ona1625 ironic1631 ironical1646 devisable1659 pretensional1659 pretenced1660 pretensory1663 vizarded1663 shammed?c1677 sham1681 faux1684 fictitious1739 ostensible1762 made-up1773 mala fide1808 assumed1813 semblative1814 fictioned1820 pretextual1837 pseudo1854 fictive1855 schlenter1881 faked1890 phoney1893 phantom1897 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 7 On the part of malâ fide suitors (suitors conscious of being in the wrong). 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. 203 The mala fide possessor..acquires no property in the consumed fruits. 1901 Scotsman 2 Oct. 9/3 The authorities of the Excise have taken no action..to deal with the mala-fide and proprietary clubs. 1967 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 376 396/1 There is no indication that the controversy here is male fide [sic] or simulated in any manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1612 |
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