procedural due process

noun

Examples of procedural due process in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After a completely one-sided investigation, where the subject of the investigation receives no procedural due process, the standard for proof for the IO is only a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard — a greater than 50 percent chance that the allegations are true. Robert M. Berg, National Review, 19 May 2021 Riggs says the case also raises issues of property rights and procedural due process. Matt Williams, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2022 And without almost no procedural due process, he was sent to prison. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 9 Dec. 2021 These orders are justified when based on individualized risk assessments and scientific validity, and they’re executed via procedural due process and through least restrictive means (e.g., home quarantines may be favored over mandatory separations). Wired Opinion, Wired, 13 Mar. 2020 Although there are only three children listed in the lawsuit, the complaint details a pattern of abuse from other children who were put in solitary confinement without procedural due process, Neelakanta said. Meryl Kornfield, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 June 2018 This complete lack of procedural due process is both unnerving and unlawful. Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 15 Feb. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of procedural due process was in 1938

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“Procedural due process.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/procedural%20due%20process. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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procedural due process

noun
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