Meanings
nounmiscarriage of justice (plural miscarriages of justice)
plural miscarriages of justice
- lawAn error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.
The Incarcerations is an unsettling indictment of Modi's India, and alleges grave miscarriages of justice, […].
2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
Translations
Arabic إخْفَاق الْعَدَالَة
- إخْفَاق الْعَدَالَة (ʔiḵfāq al-ʕadāla)error which led to an unjust outcome
Bulgarian съде́бна гре́шка
- съде́бна гре́шка (sădébna gréška)error which led to an unjust outcome
Chinese Mandarin 冤獄 /冤狱, 冤罪
- 冤獄 /冤狱 (yuānyù)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 冤罪 (yuānzuì)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 誤判 /误判 (wùpàn)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 審判不公 /审判不公 (shěnpàn bùgōng)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 判決失當 /判决失当 (pànjué shīdàng)error which led to an unjust outcome
Czech justiční omyl
- justiční omylerror which led to an unjust outcome
Danish justitsmord
- justitsmorderror which led to an unjust outcome
Dutch оustitiële dwaling
- оustitiële dwalingerror which led to an unjust outcome
Finnish oikeusmurha
- oikeusmurhaerror which led to an unjust outcome
French erreur judiciaire
- erreur judiciaireerror which led to an unjust outcome
German Justizirrtum, Fehlurteil
- Justizirrtumerror which led to an unjust outcome
- Fehlurteilerror which led to an unjust outcome
Greek δικαστική πλάνη
- δικαστική πλάνη (dikastikí pláni)error which led to an unjust outcome
Hebrew עיוות דין
- עיוות דיןerror which led to an unjust outcome
Italian errore giudiziario
- errore giudiziarioerror which led to an unjust outcome
Japanese 冤罪, 誤判
- 冤罪 (enzai)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 誤判 (gohan)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 誤審 (goshin)error which led to an unjust outcome
Korean 오심, 오판
- 오심 (osim)error which led to an unjust outcome
- 오판 (opan)error which led to an unjust outcome
Norwegian Bokmål justismord
- justismorderror which led to an unjust outcome
Polish niesprawiedliwy wyrok
- niesprawiedliwy wyrokerror which led to an unjust outcome
Portuguese erro judiciário, erro judicial
- erro judiciárioerror which led to an unjust outcome
- erro judicialerror which led to an unjust outcome
Russian суде́бная оши́бка
- суде́бная оши́бка (sudébnaja ošíbka)error which led to an unjust outcome
Slovak justičný omyl
- justičný omylerror which led to an unjust outcome
Spanish error judicial
- error judicialerror which led to an unjust outcome
Swedish justitiemord
- justitiemorderror which led to an unjust outcome
Ukrainian судова́ поми́лка
- судова́ поми́лка (sudová pomýlka)error which led to an unjust outcome
Welsh camweinyddiad cyfiawnder
- camweinyddiad cyfiawndererror which led to an unjust outcome
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APA
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MLA
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Chicago
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