IN MALA FIDE

in mala fide (in mal-<<schwa>> fI-dee). [Latin] Hist. In bad faith.

“A possessor in mala fide is one who holds possession of a subject, in the knowledge that it is not his own, on a title which he knows, or has reasonable ground for believing to be a bad one.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 266 (4th ed. 1894).

[Blacks Law 8th]