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What does Due Process mean?

The legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law.

Due Process in a sentence
The company was accused of firing the employee without due process, as no formal warnings were given.

Due Process in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Rechtsstaatliches Verfahren
also Ordnungsgemäßes Verfahren

Anspruch auf ein faires, rechtsstaatliches Verfahren.

French
Procédure régulière
also Droit à une procédure régulière

Ensemble des garanties fondamentales assurant un jugement équitable.

Spanish
Debido proceso

Garantía de que todo proceso legal debe respetar los derechos del ciudadano.

Italian
Giusto processo

Principio che garantisce il rispetto dei diritti legali in ogni procedimento.

Synonyms and opposites for Due Process

  • Synonym Fair treatment
  • Synonym Legal rights
  • Opposite Arbitrariness

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