DUE PROCESS CLAUSE
Due Process Clause.The constitutional provision that prohibits the government from unfairly
or arbitrarily depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. • There are two Due Process Clauses
in the U.S. Constitution, one in the 5th Amendment applying to the federal government, and one in
the 14th Amendment applying to the states (although the 5th Amendment’s Due Process Clause
also applies to the states under the incorporation doctrine). Cf. EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.
[Cases: Constitutional Law 251–320.5.C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 455, 461–467, 470, 501,
503, 513, 518, 540, 557, 576–581, 585, 587, 596, 612, 614–618, 704, 883, 945–1348, 1350–1396,[Blacks Law 8th]
1399–1401, 1405–1427; Right to Die§ 2; Zoning and Land Planning § 23.] [Blacks Law 8th]