due process clause

Due Process Clause. The constitutional provision that prohibits the government from unfairly or arbitrarily depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. • There are two Due Process Clauses in the U.S. Constitution, one in the 5th Amendment applying to the federal government, and one in the 14th Amendment applying to the states (although the 5th Amendment’s Due Process Clause also applies to the states under the incorporation doctrine). Cf. EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE. [Cases: Constitutional Law 251–320.

5. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 455, 461–467, 470, 501, 503, 513, 518, 540, 557, 576–581, 585, 587, 596, 612, 614–618, 704, 883, 945–1348, 1350–1396, 1399–1401, 1405–1427; Right to Die§ 2; Zoning and Land Planning § 23.]


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