The fundamental procedural rules that guarantee "fair play" in the conduct of legal proceedings. Due process includes the right to notice and a hearing, the right to an impartial judge and jury, the right to present evidence on one's own behalf, the right to confront one's accuser, the right to be represented by counsel, etcetera.
Discussion
To suppress a court record is to prevent its release; to suppress evidence is to forbid it from being introduced at a trial or other court proceeding.