DUE PROCESS

“FUNDAMENTAL REQUISITE OF ‘DUE PROCESS' IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, TO BE AWARE THAT A MATTER IS PENDING, TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE WHETHER TO ACQUIESCE OR CONTEST, AND TO ASSERT BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION-MAKING BODY THE REASON FOR SUCH CHOICE”

(Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed., Centennial Edition, 1991.)