English > due process of law: 1 sense > noun 1, act| 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. |
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| Synonym | due process |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Narrower | defense, defence, denial, demurrer | A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
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| eviction, dispossession, legal ouster | The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
| judgment, judgement, judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
| plea | An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed |
| presentment, notification | An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative |
| proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
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| Spanish | debido proceso, derecho a la tutela judicial efectiva, procedimiento judicial, proceso legal, tutela judicial |
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| Catalan | procediment judicial, tutela judicial |
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