CLEAN-HANDS DOCTRINE

CLEAN-HANDS DOCTRINE clean-hands doctrine. The principle that a party cannot seek equitable relief or assert an equitable defense if that party has violated an equitable principle, such as good faith. ? Such a party is described as having ¡°unclean hands.¡± For example, ¡ì 8 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act contains an unclean-hands provision […]