conscience of the court

conscience of the court.

1. The court’s equitable power to decide issues based on notions of fairness and justice. See EQUITY(4).

2. A standard applied by the court in deciding whether a party or a jury has acted within ac-ceptable limits. • Thus, in some cases, a jury’s award of damages is upset because it is said to “shock the conscience of the court.” See SHOCK THE CONSCIENCE.

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