Assertion: hearing | /r/HasProperty | granted in extraordinary situations
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text: hearing - (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked administrative hearing - a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically for the purpose of conducting such hearings competence hearing - a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense) fair hearing - 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) quo warranto - a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"