due process

Meaning

Noun

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

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Origin

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

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