- he who has committed iniquity shall not have equity
- See clean hands doctrine.He who is silent when conscience requires him to speak shall be debarred from speaking when conscience requires him to be silent. A maxim of equity invoked when a person who has a duty to speak and to disclose a matter is silent so as to conceal that which should be revealed but who seeks equitable relief against him to whom it should have been disclosed
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.