due process

Noun

Meaning

(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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

due process of law law justice judicature authority charter integrity mandate legitimacy equity honesty legality fairness truth lawfulness
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Antonyms

corruption injustice inequity unfairness unjustness unfair treatment
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Hypernyms

group action

Hyponyms

defense defence judgment plea denial proceeding

Examples

Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error. Benjamin N. Cardozo

It is hardly lack of due process for the Government to regulate that which it subsidizes. Robert H. Jackson

History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. Michael K. Simpson

Those who slew my father I drove into exile, punishing their deed by due process of law, and afterwards when they waged war upon the republic I twice defeated them in battle. Augustus

The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states. Burke Marshall

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause. William J. Brennan

Close letter words and terms

due points due predecessor due procedure due process of law due process rights due regard