due process

A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of their liberty for a given reason.

Noun

  1. 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...
  2. The limits of laws and legal proceedings, so as to ensure a person fairness, justice and liberty.

Origin

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

Synonyms

due process of law

Derived

procedural due process substantive due process