opportunity to be heard

opportunity to be heard. The chance to appear in a court or other tribunal and present evidence and argument before being deprived of a right by governmental authority. • The opportunity to be heard is a fundamental requirement of procedural due process. It ordinarily includes the right to receive fair notice of the hearing, to secure the assistance of counsel, and to cross-examine adverse witnesses. See procedural due process under DUE PROCESS . [Cases: Constitutional Law 251.

6. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 968, 1165–1166, 1168–1169.]


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