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no one should be judge in his own cause
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Proverb
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no one should be judge in his own case
Etymology
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Calque of Latin
nemo debet esse judex in propria causa
Proverb
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no
one
should
be
judge
in
his
own
cause
(
law
)
One ought not be permitted to decide a case in which one has an
interest
.