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Nemo judex in parte sua






Nemo judex in parte sua

Latin and a fundamental principle of natural justice which states that no person can judge a case in which he or she is party. May also be called nemo judex in sua causa or nemo debet esse judex in propria causa.

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Fundamental
This word is applied to those laws which are the foundation of society. Those laws by which the exercise of power is restrained and regulated, are fundamental. The Constitution of the United States is the fundamental law of the land.

Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.

States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.

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This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.

Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.

Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned

Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.

Judex
1) The judge, one who declares the law, quijus dicit; one who administers justice between the parties to a cause, when lawfully submitted to him. 2) The judicial power, or the court. 3) Anciently, by judex was also understood a juror.

Causa
Latin. That which operates to produce an effect; that on account of which a thing is done; that which supplies a motice, or constitutes a reason.

Debet
Latin. He owes; from debere: de habere, to have a thing of some one. Debet et detinet - He owes and with holds.



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Nemo dat quod non habet
(United Kingdom) No one can give a better title than he has.

Nemo judex in causa sua
"No one may be judge in his own case", referring to the principle of natural justice that an adjudicator should be disinterested and unbiased. Canada).



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