Abstract. Let D be a non-commutative division ring, m and n two natural numbers, M a maximal and N a subnormal subgroup of GL m .D/. In this paper, among other results, we show that: (1) if N is an n-Engel group, then it is central; (2) if m > 1 and M is locally nilpotent, then M is abelian; (3) if m > 1 and M is n-Engel, then the Hirsch-Plotkin radical of M is abelian. Also, we define some generalized Engel conditions on groups, and then we prove similar results, as quoted, for these groups.