rule of lenityglossary / RULE OF LENITY, 从宽规则 rule of lenity从宽规则 依该规则,当对刑事法律的理解存在疑问时,应当作有利于被告人的解释,除非有证据证明立法意图与此相反。 词条贡献者 资深译员Ting,世界知名语言学院法律英语专业,专注翻译各种与专业责任纠纷有关的法律文件。
rule of lenity RULE OF LENITY rule of lenity (len-[schwa]-tee). The judicial doctrine holding that a court, in construing an ambiguous criminal statute that sets out…