Abuse of the legal system

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain. Corruption may involve activities like bribery, influence peddling, embezzlement, and fraud as well as practices that are legal in many countries, such as lobbying. Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain.

Perjury (also known as forswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.

American labor union leader (1913 – disappeared 1975)

Russian tax advisor who died in police custody (1972–2009)

conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit

public trial in which the guilt of the defendant is predetermined

Abusive lawsuits intended to burden an opponent rather than to win or gain financially

court without judicial credibility

offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful towards a court of law and its officers

term used for a secret court

1989 trial in Romania of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue

Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying, preventing or abusing a process.

form of public humiliation and torture used by the Chinese Communist Party in the Mao era

illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent

a group of courts in 13th- and 14th-century Germany, linked to a powerful secret organization under sanction of the emperor

Vigilantism () is an act commonly summarized as "taking the law into one's own hands" which, according to Merriam Webster, means "to try to punish someone for breaking a law even though one does not have the right to do that." A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism.

Entrapment is a practice in which a law enforcement agent or an agent of the state induces a person to commit a crime that the person would have otherwise been unlikely or unwilling to commit. In US law, it is defined as "the conception and planning of an offense by an officer or agent, and the procurement of its commission by one who would not have perpetrated it except for the trickery, persuasion or fraud of the officer or state agent".

act of impeding investigation or courts

A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system.

admission of guilt for a crime for which the confessor is not responsible

In the legal profession and courts, a querulant (from the Latin querulus - "complaining") is a person who obsessively feels wronged, particularly about minor causes of action. In particular the term is used for those who repeatedly petition authorities or pursue legal actions based on manifestly unfounded grounds. These applications include in particular complaints about petty offenses.

British legal and political scandal

choice of lawsuit location based on plaintiff-friendly environment

execution against Poles by German Nazis (1939)

civil action brought in a court of law against a supernatural being such as God or the devil

Aesop's fable

special ad hoc trials organized by the Turkish National Movement

offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served

legal tort of misusing court processes unjustified by legal actions being taken

litigating for little to no meritful reason

Chinese anti-crime campaign