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). This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_hands_doctrine
Source Typeencyclopedia
Reliability Tier2
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Clean Hands (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Doctrines, 13 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 4 general references.
- Landmark Cases, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
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