auditur

Auditur is a Latin verb form: the third-person singular present passive indicative of audire, meaning “it is heard” or “it is being heard.” The form can occur in ordinary Latin prose and in legal or ecclesiastical Latin to indicate that something is currently under hearing or consideration by a judge, council, or other hearer.

A closely related and more widely used phrase in legal Latin is audiatur et altera pars, literally “let the other side be heard.” This maxim embodies the principle of due process, requiring that all parties have an opportunity to be heard before a decision is made. The difference between auditur and audiatur is grammatical: auditur is indicative (stating a fact), while audiatur is present passive subjunctive (a directive or permissive clause in a maxim or rule).

In practice, auditur appears in historical or doctrinal Latin texts to describe that a matter or evidence is heard, whereas audiatur et altera pars is the standard form found in codes, opinions, and procedural rules emphasizing the right to be heard. The terms are part of the broader tradition of Latin legal maxims and are of interest mainly to students of Latin, classical law, and procedural jurisprudence.