Rechtsbeugung

German

Etymology

From Recht (“law”) +‎ -s- +‎ Beugung (“bending, warping”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Rechtsbeugung f (genitive Rechtsbeugung, plural Rechtsbeugungen)

1. (law) the crime of knowingly misapplying the law such that a legal decision is deliberately taken in a way that legislation does not prescribe; this crime can be committed only by judges, prosecutors, and related officials in judicature

Declension

Declension of Rechtsbeugung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Rechtsbeugung	die	Rechtsbeugungen
genitive	einer	der	Rechtsbeugung	der	Rechtsbeugungen
dative	einer	der	Rechtsbeugung	den	Rechtsbeugungen
accusative	eine	die	Rechtsbeugung	die	Rechtsbeugungen

See also

• Strafvereitelung