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Term Definition
Due Process
- the right of self defense in court in a fair and systematic manner, guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Application in Divorce
Due
process
is the law on its regular course through the courts of justice, following both the procedural and substantive safeguards to protect the innocent.
Put in simplest terms, due
process
is what most people associate with "a fair
trial
."