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Clean hands, sometimes called the clean hands doctrine, unclean hands doctrine, or dirty hands doctrine, [1] is an equitable defense in which the defendant argues that the plaintiff is not entitled to obtain an equitable remedy because the plaintiff is acting unethically or has acted in bad faith with respect to the subject of the complaint—that is, with "unclean hands".
Here contractual remedies cannot be enforced by a court on a defendant if it is manifest that the subject matter of the contract is either directly or by implication, contrary to public policy or in contradiction with any existing law or custom. A somewhat related concept in the law of contracts is the equitable defense of unclean hands.
Unclean hands. In addition to defenses against prosecution and liability, a defendant may also raise a defense of justification – such as self-defense and defense of others or defense of property. In English law, one could raise the argument of a contramandatum, which was an argument that the plaintiff had no cause for complaint. [3]
The decision upholds a 2020 district court ruling that found Mayes had “unclean hands,” a legal term that means one party deceived the other when entering into a contract.
The unclean hands cases of Keystone Driller v. General Excavator, Hazel-Atlas v. Hartford, and Precision v. Automotive formed the basis for the doctrine of inequitable conduct that developed and evolved over time. [2]
In pari delicto (potior/melior est conditio possidentis), Latin for "in equal fault (better is the condition of the possessor)", [1] is a legal term used to refer to two persons or entities who are equally at fault, whether the malfeasance in question is a crime or tort.
In response to the city's claim that Thomas had "unclean hands" in regard to his alleged role in harassing employees and his other rights as an alderman, Austin Fax, the attorney representing ...
Undue influence (UI) is a psychological process by which a person's free will and judgement is supplanted by that of another. [1] [2] It is a legal term and the strict definition varies by jurisdiction.