Iniquity
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots law. A term applied to the decision of an inferior judge who has decided contrary to law, and who is said to have committed iniquity.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotch practice. A technical expression applied to the decision of an inferior judge who has decided contrary te law; he is said to have committed iniquity. Bell. Iniguum est alios permittere, alios inhibere mercaturam. It is inequitable to permit some to trade and to prohibit others. 3 Inst. 181. Iniquum est aliquem rei sui esse judicem. It is wrong for a man to bea judge in his own cause. Branch, Prine.; 12 Coke, 118. Iniquum est ingenuis hominibus non esse liberam rerum suarum alienationem, It is unjust that freemen should not have the tree disposal of their own property. Co. Litt. 223a; Hob. 87; 4 Kent, Comm, 131.