due process of law the legal mechanism. It suggests a freedom from arbitrary detention. The concept is particularly important in the USA, being enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment preventing

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duress

interference in private life without due process. See BILL OF RIGHTS

(USA). See also HUMAN RIGHTS.

• invitee
• IOU
• Irish law
• Iris Oifiguil
• irrebuttable
• irregular execution
• irregular marriage
• irretrievable breakdown
• irrevocable authority
• irritancy
• Islamic law
• issue
• issue of execution
• issue of securities
• issue of shares
• J.
• JCT
• jeopardy
• jetsam
• joint and several liability
• joint tenancy
• joint tortfeasors
• joint venture
• JP
• judge advocate