ABUSE OF DISCRETION

abuse of discretion

abuse of discretion 滥用裁量权 未行使正确、合理、合法的裁量权的同义语。在美国,它是一个严格的法律术语,意指上诉法院认为初审法院未能正确、合理、合法地行使裁量权,或者说裁量权的行使明显地违背情理和证据,或不合理地偏离先例和已确定的司法惯例等,上诉法院据此可认为初审法院犯有法律上的错误,但它并不含有某种故意的过错、恶意、渎职或批评法官之意,而是指裁量权的滥用导致明显错误的结论或判决。

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abuse of discretion

abuse of discretion. 1. An adjudicator’s failure to exercise sound, reasonable, and legal decision-making. 2. An appellate court’s standard for reviewing a decision that is asserted to be grossly unsound, unreasonable, illegal, or unsupported by the evidence. See DISCRETION. [Cases: Appeal and Error 946; Criminal Law 1147. C.J.S. Appeal and Error § 772.]

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