audi alteram partem
(redirected from Audiatur et altera pars)Audi Alteram Partem
[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.
Cross-references
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
audi alteram partem
see NATURAL JUSTICE.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006