"nemo debet esse judex in propria causa" meaning in Latin

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          "english": "To the third [point], when they say that those from whom they have stolen perhaps have more than themselves, it is said that no one ought to be the judge in his own trial.",
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          "text": "Deberet autem occisio fieri in continenti, seu flagranti: nam ex intervallo, si fur jam coepisset quietè possidere, non liceret; quia tunc non haberet rationem justae defensionis; sed tunc sunt adhibenda Iuris remedia, & auctoritas publica, quia nemo debet esse Iudex in propria causa.",
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          "english": "[…] since no one ought to be the judge in his own trial, but the one who has suffered an injury should legitimately undertake an action for delict against the injurer before a competent judge, so as to preserve his reputation […]",
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