Legal Definition and Related Resources of Capricious

Indicates that a finding of the court is without rational basis or that the evidence to support the finding is non-existent or without probative value . Tri- county Electric Co-op Inc. v Elkin (N.D.) 224 N. Y.2d 785.

adjective

• apt to change suddenly
• changeable
• changeful
• changing
• erratic
• everchanging
• fanciful
• fantasied
• fantastical
• fickle
• flighty
• fluctuating
• frivolous
• giddy
• inconstans
• inconstant” irresolute
• irresponsible
• levis
• mercurial
• reversible
• uncertain
• uncontrolled
• undisciplined
• unmethodical
• unreliable
• unrestrained
• unstable
• unsystematic
• vacillating
• vagarious
• variable
• wavering
• whimsical
• without rational basis Associated Concepts: arbitrary and capricious
• arbitrary
• capricious and unlawful
• review of administrative determination

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What does Capricious mean in American Law?

The definition of Capricious in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Changeable, unpredictable, whimsical; without any apparent motivation other than self-will. In legal contexts, frequently seen in the dyad “arbitrary and capricious,” used in the course of reversing an administrator or lower-court judge. See arbitrary.