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Clean Hands (Wikipedia)
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A Wikipedia article on the clean hands doctrine, the equitable defense that a court will deny relief to a party whose own conduct in the matter has been unlawful or inequitable, tracing its formulation to Fitzroy v Gwillim (1786) and Dering v Earl of Winchelsea (1787).
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_hands_doctrine
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