natural justice

noun

1. the principles and procedures that govern the adjudication of disputes between persons or organizations, chief among which are that the adjudication should be unbiased and given in good faith, and that each party should have equal access to the tribunal and should be aware of arguments and documents adduced by the other

Example Sentences

His Capitularies may not be equal to the laws of Justinian in natural justice, but were adapted to his times and circumstances.

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This is due to a strong sense of natural justice and a desire to compensate as many as possible.

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What need of positive law where natural justice is, of itself, a sufficient restraint?

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And this—be it known to all whom it may concern (and those are not a few)—this is the very essence of Natural Justice.

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And the sense of natural justice may be plausibly appealed to in behalf of every one of these opinions.

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