due process of law

1. (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles;
   Based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards (synset 101183965)
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
   subtypes:

   • legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
   • notification, presentment - an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
   • judgement, judgment, judicial decision - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
   • dispossession, eviction, legal ouster - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
   • plea - an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
   • defence, defense, demurrer, denial - a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
   same as: due process

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