NOUN
- 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)
How To Use fair hearing In A Sentence
- Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
- At least give our ideas a fair hearing before you reject them.
- The Catholic minority in Northern Ireland persuaded a recent Tory Government to give them a fair hearing via PR in their local elections.
- But they have to be shown that it's OK for them to come in an sit down at the table and that they'll get a fair hearing.
- He claims he was not given a fair hearing.
- In these 15 years, the Apaches have not been accorded the courtesy of a fair hearing in Congress.
- This is not just a matter of maximising access and transparency about council affairs, and providing a fair hearing to both sides of any question.
- The teacher gave both sides of the argument a fair hearing.
- The moon returns to your sign and ensures your ideas and requests get a fair hearing. The Sun
- The author commands a fair hearing from his readers