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natural justice

noun

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The common-law principles requiring a fair hearing and an unbiased decision-maker in the exercise of public functions.

Refusing the applicant any opportunity to respond was a plain breach of natural justice.

Similar: procedural fairness

Topic: Constitutional & public in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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