"hear both sides" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hears both sides [present, singular, third-person], hearing both sides [participle, present], heard both sides [participle, past], heard both sides [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hear<,,heard> both sides}} hear both sides (third-person singular simple present hears both sides, present participle hearing both sides, simple past and past participle heard both sides)
  1. (law) To ensure that an accused person has the chance to seek to refute the accusations. Categories (topical): Law Related terms: there are two sides to every question Translations (hear both sides of the argument for fair judgement): يسمع من الطرفين (Arabic), beide Seiten hören (German), her iki tarafı da dinlemek (Turkish)

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