clean hands - Legal Definition
n
The quality of a person who
acted in an equitable way (that is, fair, just, proper, reasonable, with good
faith) in a dispute or transaction, for which he or she is now seeking relief
or asserting a defense in an action in equity. See also unclean hands.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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