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Predispose

To dispose or incline beforehand to give a predisposition or bias to as to predispose the mind to friendship

Propensity

The quality or state of being propense natural inclination disposition to do good or evil bias bent tendency

Crime

Crime, is a word, of which the interpretation has varied with the philosophic bias of the writer; it has been described as the violation of a right, when considered in reference to

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Interest

voting, etc., at meetings if they be interested in any contract which is the subject for consideration. See BIAS. (5) Interest is compensatory in character and is imposed on an assesses who has withheld payment of any

Fair

Produce Market Committee, (2002) 9 SCC 232 (294): AIR 2002 SC 852. Impartial; just equitable; disinterested; Free of bias or prejudica; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 615.

Fairness

(1990) 2 SCC 48 (55). Implies that even an administrative authority must act in good faith; and without bias, apply its mind to all relevant considerations and must not be swayed by irrelevant consideration, must not be

Partiality

being partial inclination to favor one party or one side of a question more than the other undue bias of mind

Judicially

Judicially, merely a standard of conduct and freedom from bias or interest which are the true attributes of a judge. 'Judicial power' may be defined as the power

Mala fide

cannot possibly emanate out of fanciful imagination or even apprehensions but there must be existing definite evidence of bias and actions which cannot be attributed to be otherwise bona fide - actions not otherwise bona fide, however,

Maritime law

alleged that his lordship favoured the claims of belligerents. But his judgments must be regarded, allowing for this bias, as among the noblest monuments of judicial wisdom, McCull Comm. Dict.

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