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audi alteram partem
(redirected from Hear the other side)

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[Latin, hear the other side.] It embodies the concept in Criminal Law that no person should be condemned unheard; it is akin to due process. The notion that an individual, whose life, liberty, or property are in legal jeopardy, has the right to confront the evidence against him or her in a fair hearing is one of the fundamental principles of Constitutional Law in the United States and England.

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Habeas Corpus.


See also: counterargument


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History is always written by the victors, but now you can hear the other side of the story.
``What we're trying to do is let the public hear the other side of the story,'' he said.
As I told The Virginian-Pilot, Robertson's hometown newspaper, "There's no audience in America that needs to hear the other side more than the folks likely to appear in this audience.
 
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