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due process

The origin and history of due process.

Etymology

From 'due', from Old French 'deu', past participle of 'devoir' (to owe, from Latin 'debere'), plus 'process', from Latin 'processus' (a going forward). The phrase 'due process of law' appears in English statute language from the fourteenth century.

Origin: Middle English

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