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Maleficial
Maleficial Mal`e*fi"cial, a. Injurious. --Fuller.
Maleficiate
Maleficiate Mal`e*fi"ci*ate, v. t. [LL. maleficiatus, p. p. of maleficiare to bewitch, fr. L. maleficium. See Malefice.] To bewitch; to harm. [Obs.] --Burton.
Maleficiation
Maleficiation Mal`e*fi`ci*a"tion, n. A bewitching. [Obs.]

Meaning of Maleficia from wikipedia

- Goetia (goh-eh-TEE-ah) is a type of European sorcery, often referred to as witchcraft, that has been transmitted through grimoires—books containing instructions...
- A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn...
- argued in their book Malleus Maleficarum, published in 1487, that all maleficia ("sorcery") was rooted in the work of Satan. In the mid-sixteenth century...
- Maleficia were unexplained events that were attributed to witchcraft. According to Jane Schuyler, Baldung's image suggests two instances of maleficia:...
- printer in Zürich. Martin of ArlesTractatus de superstitionibus, contra maleficia seu sortilegia quae hodie vigent in orbe terrarum c. 1514–15 – Gian Giorgio...
- saw an active ****cution of accused witches believed to be guilty of maleficia. Reflecting the term's continued negative ****ociations, Protestants often...
- saw an active ****cution of accused witches believed to be guilty of maleficia. Reflecting the term's continued negative ****ociations, Protestants often...
- fuit unum latrocinium. Homicidia depredaciones et incendia et cetera maleficia remanserunt inpunita et justicia utlegata extra regni terminos exulavit...
- abounded: 120, 121  that Christians committed flagitia, scelera, and maleficia— "outrageous crimes", "wickedness", and "evil deeds", specifically, cannibalism...
- Constitutio Criminalis Carolina. The accused were tortured to confess maleficia (harmful magic); flying; parti****ting in a Witches' Sabbath (in Bamberg...