Audi alteram partem

"Audi alteram partem" is considered a principle of fundamental justice or equity in most legal systems. The principle includes the right of the accused or his lawyers to confront the witnesses against him, and to challenge the evidence presented by the state or prosecution in the process of establishing guilt or culpability. - Wiki

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Audi alteram partem (or audiatur et altera pars) is a Latin phrase that means, literally, hear the other side.[1] It is most often used to refer to the principle that no person should be condemned without a fair hearing in which the accused is given the opportunity to respond to the accusations against him.[2]