English Explanatory Dictionary

due process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of their liberty for a given reason.
  2. The limits of laws and legal proceedings, so as to ensure a person fairness, justice and liberty.

Word forms

due process

Etymology

From Middle English dewe processe, from Anglo-Norman due procés.

Synonyms

due process of law

Derived words

procedural due process substantive due process
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