due process clause

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• due process clause — n: a clause in a constitution prohibiting the government from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; specif often cap D&P&C: such a clause found in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution …   Law dictionary

• due process clause — Two such clauses are found in the U.S. Constitution, one in the 5th Amendment pertaining to the federal government, the other in the 14th Amendment which protects persons from state actions. There are two aspects: procedural, in which a person is …   Black's law dictionary

• due process clause — Two such clauses are found in the U.S. Constitution, one in the 5th Amendment pertaining to the federal government, the other in the 14th Amendment which protects persons from state actions. There are two aspects: procedural, in which a person is …   Black's law dictionary

• Due process — is the legal code that the state must venerate all of the legal rights that are owed to a person under the principle. Due process balances the power of the state law of the land and thus protects individual persons from it. When a government… …   Wikipedia

• due process — Legal proceedings carried out fairly and in accord with established rules and principles. Due process standards are sometimes referred to as either substantive or procedural. Substantive due process refers to a requirement that laws and… …   Universalium

• procedural due process — The guarantee of procedural fairness which flows from both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments due process clauses of the Constitution. For the guarantees of procedural due process to apply, it must first be shown that a deprivation of a… …   Black's law dictionary

• Compulsory Process Clause — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I  …   Wikipedia

• Equal Protection Clause — The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that no state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. [… …   Wikipedia

• Privileges or Immunities Clause — Amendment XIV, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution is known as the Privileges or Immunities Clause. It states:Drafting and adoptionThe primary author of the Privileges or Immunities Clause was Congressman John Bingham of Ohio.… …   Wikipedia

• compulsory process — n: process served on witnesses to compel their testimony for the defense at trial ◇ A criminal defendant has a constitutional right to compulsory process. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. compulsory process …   Law dictionary

• liberty clause — n often cap L&C: the due process clause found in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary