Sekirov Dictionary

justice delayed is justice denied

UK /ˌdʒʌstɪs dɪˈleɪd ɪz ˌdʒʌstɪs dɪˈnaɪd/US /ˌdʒʌstɪs dəˈleɪd ɪz ˌdʒʌstɪs dəˈnaɪd/

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If a wrong is not redressed within a reasonable time, it is as though the wrong were not redressed at all.
- It is an old maxim that ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ and another might be added, perhaps equally true, that justice bought is valueless. — 1838

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