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rule against bias

noun

B1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The requirement that a decision-maker be free from actual or apparent bias when exercising public functions.

The judge's prior involvement gave rise to apparent bias in breach of the rule against bias.

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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