# die Rechtsbeugung

die Rechtsbeugung is a German noun meaning “perversion of justice”. Forms: der Rechtsbeugung, die Rechtsbeugungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Rechtsbeugung
- Plural: die Rechtsbeugungen

## In other languages

- Русский: обход закона, вынесение неправосудного приговора

## Meanings

1. 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
2. _deutsches Strafrecht_ perversion of justice
   - „Der pensionierte Richter wird vom Landgericht Rostock vom Vorwurf der Rechtsbeugung freigesprochen.“

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