Given below are four legal terms/maxims. Which one of them means ‘no man (person) shall be condemned unheard’?
Autrefois convict
Non bis in idem
Habeas Corpus
Audi Alteram Partem
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B) Non bis in idem: A Latin phrase meaning “not twice in the same (matter)”. It is the principle of double jeopardy, preventing a person from being tried or punished multiple times for the same crime.
C) Habeas Corpus: A legal writ, meaning “you shall have the body”. It is a procedural tool used to challenge unlawful detention, requiring the detaining authority to bring the person before a court to justify the detention.
D) Audi Alteram Partem: A principle of natural justice requiring that both sides in a dispute be given an opportunity to be heard. It directly means “hear the other side” and encapsulates the idea that no one should be condemned without a hearing. This matches the phrase “no man (person) shall be condemned unheard”.