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due process en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of their liberty for a given reason.
    • The Trump administration’s disregard for due process has been a pattern in the legal disputes over his immigration policies. 2025 April 8, John Fritze, “Supreme Court ruling on Alien Enemies Act raises new due process concerns for migrants”, in CNN:
  2. (uncountable) The limits of laws and legal proceedings, so as to ensure a person fairness, justice and liberty.

Coordinates

Miranda rights · 14th Amendment

Deriveds

procedural due process · substantive due process

Synonyms

due process of law

Translations (14)

fi oikeusturva (legal concept) · es tutela judicial efectiva (legal concept) · et nõuetekohane menetlus (legal concept) · et õiguslik menetlus (legal concept) · et õiguskaitse (legal concept) · es debido proceso (legal concept) · cmn 正當法律程序 /正当法律程序 (legal concept) · is sanngjörn málsmeðferð (legal concept) · ru правовые гарантии (legal concept) · is tilhlýðileg málsmeðferð (legal concept) · ar ضَمَان الحُقُوق (legal concept) · hi विधिक प्रक्रिया (legal concept) · pl należyty proces (legal concept) · tl tumpak na saayos (legal concept)