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Fairly

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Justly; rightly; equitably. With substantial correctness. "Fairly" is not synonymous with "truly," and "truly" should not be substituted for it in a commissioner's oath to take testimony fairly. Language may be truly, yet unfairly, reported ; that is, an answer may be truly written down, yet in a manner conveying a different meaning from that intended and conveyed. And language may be fnirly reported, yet not in accordance with strict truth.

Lawrence v. Finch, 17 N. J. Eq. 234.