Clean hands doctrine (Law)

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Name (Latin)
Clean hands doctrine (Law)
Other forms of name
Dirty hands doctrine (Law)
Doctrine, Clean hands (Law)
Doctrine, Dirty hands (Law)
Doctrine, Unclean hands (Law)
Unclean hands doctrine (Law)
See Also From tracing topical name
Equity
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MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q7882855
Library of congress: sh2018001227
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2018023426: Anenson, T. Leigh. Judging equity : the fusion of unclean hands into U.S. law, 2019:ECIP summary (analyzes the scope of judicial authority and discretion to recognize the equitable doctrine of unclean hands as a bar to actions seeking damages in the United States)
  • Blacks Law Dictionary, 1999(Clean-hands doctrine: The principle that a party cannot seek equitable relief or assert an equitable defense if that party has violated an equitable principle, such as good faith; also termed: unclean-hands doctrine)
  • Wikipedia (English), viewed May 15, 2018"Clean hands" (variants in article and references include "Clean hands doctrine", "Dirty hands doctrine" and "Unclean hands")