Pari delicto
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
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
I. Of equal guilt Pari materia: of the same matter; on the same subject. Pari passu: in equal degree: by equal steps.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Of equal guilt. Pari materia; of the same matter, on the same subject. Pari passu: in equal degree, by equal steps. Paribus sententiis reus absolvitur: when the opinions are equally divided, the defendant is acquitted. Parium judicium: judgment of the peers, trial by jury.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
crim. law. In;civil law, is one who murders his a similar offence or crime; equal in: father; itis applied by extension to guilt. A person who tn pari delicto! one who murders his mother, his with another, differs from a particeps: brother, his sister or his children. criminis in this, that the former The crime committed by such peralways includes the latter, but the son is also called parricide. Merlin, latter does not always include the Répertoire, mot Parricide: Dig. 48, former. 8 East, 381, 2. 9, 1,1. 3,1.4. The criminal was