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CLEAN HANDS DOCTRINE Definition & Legal Meaning

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Legal principle; States that the party requesting equity and judicial action must not be involved in any inequitable or fraudulent dealings. For example, a thief cannot get court’s help in the recovery of stolen property that he himself stole.

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