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im·par·tial /im-'pär-shəl/ adj: not partial or biased: treating or affecting all equallyim·par·ti·al·i·ty /im-ˌpär-shē-'a-lə-tē/ nim·par·tial·ly adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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aequabilis, aequus, broad-minded, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even, evenhanded. evenly balanced, fair, fair-minded, free from bias, free to choose, honest, honorable, impersonal, incorrupt, incorruptus, independent, indifferent, integer, judicious, just, lacking prejudice, neutral, nonpartisan, not biased, not partial, objective, open, open-minded, reasonable, scrupulous, unaffected, unbiased, unbigoted, unbought, unbribed, uncolored, uncommitted, uncompelled, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undecided, uninfluenced, unjaundiced, unopinionated, unopinioned, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unswayed, untouched, without a preference, without favoritism
associated concepts: fair and impartial, impartial hearing officer, impartial judge, impartial jury, impartial trial
foreign phrases:
- Nemo potest esse simul actor et judex. — No one can be at the same time judge and suitor- Judex non potest injurlam slbi datam punire. — A judge cannot punish a wrong done to himself.- Judex non potest esse testis in propria causa. — A judge cannot be a witness in his own caseII index discriminating (judicious), dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair (just), honest, judicial, juridical, just, liberal (broad minded), neutral, nonpartisan, objective, open-minded, receptive, unbiased, unprejudiced
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Fair, unbiased; not favoring one side over another.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Favoring neither; disinterested; treating all alike; unbiased; equitable, fair, and just.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Favoring neither; disinterested; treating all alike; unbiased; equitable, fair, and just.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.