Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inconsistent

Logically incompatible; contradictory; legally incapable of existing in harmony. Thus, a verdict is said to be inconsistent when it is such that it is contradictory or legally incorrect as where on a charge of conspiracy , one of the two defendants is convicted and the other acquitted.

adjective

• at variance
• capricious
• changeable
• conflicting
• contradictory
• contrarius
• contrary
• different
• disagreeing
• discordant
• discrepant
• dissonant
• divergent
• erratic
• fickle
• fitful
• flighty
• illogical
• incompatible
• incongruous
• inconsonant
• inconstans
• inconstant
• irreconcilable
• jarring
• lacking accord
• lacking harmony
• mercurial
• moody
• mutable
• notional
• paradoxical
• unstable
• unsteady
• unsuitable
• vacillating
• variable
• volatile
• Associated Concepts: alternative pleadings
• inconsistent causes of action
• inconsistent defenses
• inconsistent statements
• inconsistent verdict

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Absurdity, Acceptance, Estoppel by Acquiescence, Adverse Possession, Conversion, Easement, Further And Other Relief, Implied Terms, Joinder Of Causes Of Actions, Judicial Estoppel, Possessory Title, Ratification, Repugnancy, Trover.

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See Also

• Condition
• Incompatible
• Repugnant