Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
repugnant
adj. Inconsistent or irreconcilable with; contrary or contradictory to <the court's interpretation was repugnant to the express wording of the statute>.
repugnant verdict
A verdict that contradicts itself in that the defendant is convicted and acquitted of different crimes having identical elements. ( Sometimes the inconsistency occurs in a single verdict (repugnant verdict), and sometimes it occurs in two separate verdicts (repugnant verdicts). Both terms are mainly used in New York.