| 单词 | justice delayed is justice denied |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjustice delayed is justice denied P3. Proverb. justice delayed is justice denied and variants. ΚΠ 1868 W. E. Gladstone in Guardian 18 Mar. 329/2 If we be just men, we shall go forward in the name of truth and right, bearing this in mind—that, when the case is proved and the hour is come, justice delayed is justice denied. 1881 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 258 577 He could not help thinking that justice delayed and justice deferred was too often justice denied. 1926 Bull. U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics 26 Jan. 8 In all discussions of legal reform the evil of delay is emphasized. It has become an axiom that justice delayed is justice denied. 1956 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. 42 685/3 It was a spontaneous, eloquent, unrehearsed expression of the love of the lawyer for procrastination and his indifference to the old maxim that ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’. 1960 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 15 June 10/1 Anyone who has had to wait and wait for a court action to be resolved knows that justice long delayed can be justice denied. 2011 Irish Times 1 Oct. 10/7 The adage justice delayed is justice denied is truly applicable to India's legal system. < as lemmas |
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