due process clause

due process clause
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

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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