partiality
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"There is no evidence of bad faith, malice, corruption, fraud, partiality, or any want of integrity on the part of Referee Mark Lyson," the commission added.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Last month, he suggested that Cannon's "partiality" would get her removed from the case.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
She expressed concerns about how the media attention surrounding the case will affect the partiality of the jurors.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Thus, judicial remarks during the course of a trial that are critical or disapproving of, or even hostile to, counsel, the parties, or their cases, ordinarily do not support a bias or partiality challenge.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023
Miss Bennet’s astonishment was soon lessened by the strong sisterly partiality which made any admiration of Elizabeth appear perfectly natural; and all surprise was shortly lost in other feelings.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Out of all the bizarre vampire partialities presented as humdrum on "What We Do In the Shadows," the Staten Island housemates' unconventional, looser approach to intimacy is distinctive if not singular.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
They inevitably involve "animosities, partialities, influence and interest."
From Time Magazine Archive
Fashion is fickle, varying, inconstant; given to sudden partialities and to disruptions unlooked for, and as sudden.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
The character of Sidney is described in terms of warm appreciation, though the partialities of the author have not clouded the fairness of his judgment.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
They felt that he was fighting their battle and doing their work; and, making allowance for local jealousies and accidental partialities, they never ceased to regard him thus.
From Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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