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Noun: fair hearing
  1. (law) a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)

Derived forms: fair hearings

Type of: hearing

Encyclopedia: Fair hearing

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