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for a criminal offense without “due process of law”
simply requires that the procedures fully protect
the life, liberty, and property of the citizens in the
State.

DUEL – it is a formal or regular combat previously
concerted between two parties in the presence of
two or more seconds of lawful age on each side,
who make the selection of arms and fix all the other
conditions of the fight.

DUPLICITY – the technical fault of using more than
one of cause of action in a declaration or more than
one defense in any subsequent pleading; fraud

DURESS – coercion or compulsion: as “confession
signed under duress”. The use of mental
compulsion to obtain information; usually involving
the imposition of restrictions or restraints on
physical behavior.

DURHAM RULE – a standard for judging legal
insanity which hold that an accused is not
criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the
product of mental disease or mental defect.

DUST – a finely powdered substance which, when
mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited
will cause an explosion.

DUTY MANUAL – a manual that describes the
procedures and defines the duties of officers
assigned to specified post or position.

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