in pari delicto doctrine, n. [Latin] The principle that a plaintiff who has participated in wrongdoing may not recover damages resulting from the wrongdoing. [Cases: Action 4; Contracts 139; Equity 65. C.J.S. Actions §§ 29–30; Contracts §§ 282–283, 286, 299; Equity § 102.]
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particeps criminis (pahr-t[schwa]-seps krim-[schwa]-nis), n. [Latin “partner in crime”] 1. An accomplice or accessory. See ACCESSORY. Pl. participes criminis (pahr-tis-[schwa]-peez). [Cases: Criminal Law 59, 68. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 127, 137, 998.] “The courts of justice will allow the objection that the consideration of the contract was immoral or illegal to be made even by
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