...in the Dartmouth College case. By the law of the land, is most clearly intended the general law—a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds...protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which passes under the form of an enactment is not, therefore, to be considered the law...

...said Mr. Webster, in the Dartmouth College Case, 4- Wheat. 518, "is most clearly intended the general law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds...only after trial. The meaning is that every citizen Bhall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of general rules which...

...law is viewed in the sense in which the English phrase "law of the land" has long been used, namely: "A law, which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds...upon Inquiry. and renders judgment only after trial." Dartmouth College Case, 4 Wheat. 518, 4 L,. Ed. 629. The Supreme Court in construing the due process...

...definitions. Webster expresses it tersely when he says: "By the 'law of the land' is meant the 'general law,' which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only on trial." The party to be affected by the process which deprives him of his life, liberty, or property,...

...act of power. In the language of Mr. Webster in his famous definition, 'It is the general law, the law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry and renders judgment after trial, so that every citizen shall hold his lite, liberty, property, and immunities under the...

...case, is very often quoted. He said in that case: "By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law— a law which hears before it condemns,...protection of the general rules •which govern society." (Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, 4 "Wheaton, 519.) Mr. Cooley says that the above definition is apt...

...definition in the Dartmouth College case (4 Wheaton. 581) : By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before It condemns,...renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that ever)' citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and Immunitic.-, under the protection of the...

...been approvingly recognized by the Supreme Court (Hovey v. Elliott, 167 US 418), declares in part: The meaning is 'that every citizen shall hold his...protection of the general rules which govern society. In Violett v. Alexandria, 92 Va. 561, 569, the Virginia Court of Appeals quoted with approval the following...

...was that of Mr. Webster, in his argument in the celebrated Dartmouth College case. He says it is the law " which hears before it condemns, which proceeds...upon inquiry, and renders Judgment only after trial. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment, is not therefore to be considered the law...

...given by Mr. Webster in the Dartmouth College case : ' By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns...protection of the general rules which govern society.' " Cooley's Const. Lim. 353. The question, what constitutes due process of law within the meaning of...