LEGAL WORD
Audi alteram partem
Latin maxim · Administrative law
Audi alteram partem
- Type: Latin maxim
- Area of law: Administrative law
1 What it means
Hear the other side. No one should be condemned without a fair chance to answer the case against them. It is a core rule of natural justice.
2 Use it in a sentence
The dismissal order was quashed because the employee was never heard, which violated audi alteram partem.
3 Make it stick
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