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clean hands doctrine
Definition
Legal
principle
that the
party
petitioning for
equity
and
judicial
action
must itself be
free
of inequitable or fraudulent dealings. In other
words
, a thief robbed of
stolen property
cannot get
court's
help in its
recovery
.
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