miscarriage of justice

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miscarriage of justice

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɒv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/, /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.kæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ ɑv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stɪs/, /-əv ˈd͡ʒʌ.stəs/
  • (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.kɛ.ɹɪd͡ʒ-/
• Hyphenation: mis‧car‧riage‧of‧ju‧stice

Noun

miscarriage of justice (plural miscarriages of justice)

1. (law) An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.
   • 2024 May 4, John Reed, “How to interpret India?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:

     The Incarcerations is an unsettling indictment of Modi's India, and alleges grave miscarriages of justice, […] .

Translations

error which led to an unjust outcome

Arabic: إخْفَاق الْعَدَالَة m (ʔiḵfāq al-ʕadāla) Belarusian: судо́вая памы́лка f (sudóvaja pamýlka) Bulgarian: съде́бна гре́шка f (sǎdébna gréška) Chinese: Mandarin: 冤獄 / 冤狱 (zh) (yuānyù), 冤罪 (zh) (yuānzuì), 誤判 / 误判 (zh) (wùpàn), 審判不公 / 审判不公 (shěnpàn bùgōng), 判決失當 / 判决失当 (pànjué shīdàng) Czech: justiční omyl m Danish: justitsmord n Dutch: оustitiële dwaling f Finnish: oikeusmurha (fi) French: erreur judiciaire f German: Justizirrtum (de) m, Fehlurteil (de) n Greek: δικαστική πλάνη f (dikastikí pláni) Hebrew: עיוות דין Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: errore giudiziario m Japanese: 冤罪 (ja) (enzai), 誤判 (ja) (gohan), 誤審 (ja) (goshin) Kannada: (please verify) ನ್ಯಾಯಘಾತ (kn) (nyāyaghāta), (please verify) ನ್ಯಾಯವಿಘಾತ (kn) (nyāyavighāta), (please verify) ನ್ಯಾಯ ವಿಫಲತೆ (kn) (nyāya viphalate) Korean: 오심 (ko) (osim), 오판 (ko) (opan) Macedonian: неуспех на правда m (neuspeh na pravda) Norwegian: Bokmål: justismord (no) n Nynorsk: justismord n Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: niesprawiedliwy wyrok m Portuguese: erro judiciário m, erro judicial m Russian: суде́бная оши́бка (ru) f (sudébnaja ošíbka) Slovak: justičný omyl m Spanish: error judicial m Swedish: justitiemord (sv) n Ukrainian: судова́ поми́лка f (sudová pomýlka) Welsh: camweinyddiad cyfiawnder m