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Pari delicto

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003624

A legal principle stating that when two or more parties are equally at fault in a transaction or wrongdoing, the law will not intervene to grant relief to either party. This doctrine means that a court will leave the parties where it finds them, refusing to enforce an illegal contract or grant damages. It is often applied in cases involving illegal agreements.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003624
FieldLaw
See alsoIn pari delicto
Record as JSON 
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  "see_also": [
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}

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