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due_process
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[ noun ] (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
Synonyms Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Held : On the record in this case , the administrative procedures prescribed by the Act were fully complied with ; petitioner was not denied due_process ; and his conviction is sustained . Petitioner was not denied due_process in the administrative proceedings , because the statement in_question was in his file , to which he had access , and he had opportunities to rebut it both before the hearing_officer of the Department_of_Justice and before the appeal_board . Petitioner , who claims to be a conscientious_objector , contends that he was denied due_process , both in the proceedings before a hearing_officer of the Department_of_Justice and at trial . Petitioner first contends that the Department denied him procedural due_process by not giving him timely opportunity , before its final recommendation to the appeal_board , to answer the statement of the local board as to his claim of devoting 100 hours to actual preaching . Having had every opportunity to rebut the finding of the local board before both the hearing_officer and the appeal board , petitioner cannot now claim that he was denied due_process because he did not succeed . Related terms group_action proceeding judgment prosecution eviction presentment defense plea law |
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