miscarriage of justice

English

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