due course of law

  • 21in due course — adverb eventually, in good time, in the long run, in time, presently, shortly, soon, ultimately Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22due process — n 1: a course of formal proceedings (as judicial proceedings) carried out regularly, fairly, and in accordance with established rules and principles – called also procedural due process; 2: a requirement that laws and regulations must be related… …

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  • 23law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …

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  • 24holder in due course — In commercial law, a holder of an instrument who took it for value, in good faith and without notice of any claim or defense against it, U.C.C. No. 3 302(1), and who can enforce the instrument free from all claims and personal defenses. U.C.C. No …

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  • 25holder in due course — In commercial law, a holder of an instrument who took it for value, in good faith and without notice of any claim or defense against it, U.C.C. No. 3 302(1), and who can enforce the instrument free from all claims and personal defenses. U.C.C. No …

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  • 26Holder in due course — Holder in due course, or (HDC) is a term used in law to refer to an innocent party who purchases a negotiable instrument for value without any apparent defect in the instrument nor any notice of dishonor. (Black s Law Dictionary 2nd Pocket ed.… …

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  • 27by due process of law — According to the settled course of judicial proceedings or in accordance with natural, inherent, and fundamental principles of justice, enforceable in the usual modes established in the administration of government with respect to kindred matters …

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  • 28Due process — is the legal code that the state must venerate all of the legal rights that are owed to a person under the principle. Due process balances the power of the state law of the land and thus protects individual persons from it. When a government… …

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  • 29Law — /law/, n. 1. Andrew Bonar /bon euhr/, 1858 1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922 23. 2. John, 1671 1729, Scottish financier. 3. William, 1686 1761, English clergyman and devotional writer. * * * I Discipline and profession… …

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  • 30due — ► ADJECTIVE 1) owing or payable. 2) expected at or planned for a certain time. 3) (often due to) merited; fitting. 4) at a point where something is owed or merited: he was due for a rise. 5) proper; appropriate: due process of law. ► NOU …

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