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FAIR HEARING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fair hearing" is a kind of...):
hearing ((law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)