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Meaning of Pari delicto
(Lat.) In criminal law. In a similar offense or crime; equal in guilt. A person who is in pari delicto with another differs from a particeps eriminis in this, that the former term always includes the latter, but the latter does not always include the former. 8 East, 381, 382; 124 N. Y. 156. See In Pari Delicto.
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Concept of “Pari Delicto”
Traditional meaning of pari delicto in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) 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.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Pari Delicto”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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