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DUE-BILL

Categories: Constitutional

Definition (1910 Edition)

particular circumstances. Lawrence v. Bowman, 1 McAll. 420, 15 Fed. Cas. 21; Slattery v. Doyle, 180 Mass. 27, 61 N. EB. 264; Wilde v. Wilde, 2 Nev. 306.—Due process of law. Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const. 264, 661. ‘Due process of law in each particular case means such an exercise of the powers of the government as the settled maxims of law permit and sanction, and under such safeguards for the protection of individual rights as those maxims prescribe for the class of cases to which the one in question belongs.”
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.