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• Miscarriage — Classification and external resources A complete spontaneous abortion at about six weeks from conception, i.e. eight weeks from the last menstrual period (LMP) …   Wikipedia

• miscarriage of justice — mis·car·riage of justice /ˌmis kar ij , mis ˌkar /: an error at trial that probably led to a less favorable outcome for the appealing party Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. miscarriage of justice …   Law dictionary

• miscarriage of justice — misˌcarriage of ˈjustice noun miscarriages of justice PLURALFORM [countable] a situation in which someone is wrongly punished by a court of law for something they did not do * * * miscarriage of justice UK US noun [C] (plural miscarriages of… …   Financial and business terms

• miscarriage — I noun abortion, abortive attempt, abortive effort, bad behavior, breakdown, cadere, collapse, default, defeat, disappointment, downfall, failure, fiasco, frustration, futile effort, hopeless failure, ineffectiveness, ineffectual attempt, loss,… …   Law dictionary

• miscarriage of justice — noun Failure of the courts to do justice • • • Main Entry: ↑miscarriage * * * misˌcarriage of ˈjustice [miscarriage of justice] noun uncountable …   Useful english dictionary

• Miscarriage — Mis*car riage, n. 1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination; as, a serious miscarriage of justice. [1913 Webster] When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• miscarriage — (n.) 1580s, mistake, error; 1610s, misbehavior; see MISCARRY (Cf. miscarry) + AGE (Cf. age). Meaning untimely delivery is from 1660s. Miscarriage of justice is from 1875 …   Etymology dictionary

• miscarriage — [mis kar′ij, mis′kar′ij, mis′kar΄ij] n. 1. failure to carry out what was intended [a miscarriage of justice] 2. failure of mail, freight, etc. to reach its destination 3. the natural expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb before it is… …   English World dictionary

• miscarriage of justice — noun count a situation in which a court of law punishes someone for a crime they did not commit …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• miscarriage — 1 *failure, neglect, default, dereliction Analogous words: abuse, maltreatment, misuse (see corresponding verbs at ABUSE) 2 *abortion …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• miscarriage — [n] failure abortion, botch, breakdown, defeat, error, interruption, malfunction, misadventure, mischance, misfire, mishap, miss, mistake, nonsuccess, perversion, undoing; concepts 230,699 Ant. carriage, success …   New thesaurus