Miscarriage of Justice definition:
A substantial wrong which occurs during a trial which so infects the proceedings as to merit quashing the result on appeal.
Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment.[65] Many people have been proclaimed innocent victims of the death penalty.
86 requires, that "upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, the agreement, Or some memorandum, or note thereof, must be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, ...
By the 4th section of the English statute of frauds it is enacted that 'no action shall be brought to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, unless the agreement,' etc.
Writ of Superintending Control - A writ issued to prevent a gross miscarriage of justice by correcting the erroneous ruling of a lower court that is acting within its jurisdiction but is making mistakes of law or is acting in willful disregard of ...
 See also: Law, Person, State, Term, Right
  
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