inconsistent defense
A defense so contrary to another defense that the acceptance of one requires abandonment of the other.
? A person accused of murder, for example, cannot claim both self-defense and the alibi of having been in a different city when the murder took place. [Cases: Criminal Law 43.5. C.J.S. Criminal Law ¡ì 54.]
How do bilingual lawyers in China usually translate the term inconsistent defense?
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