Constitution · Delaware

Del. Const. art. I, § 9

Constitution
Constitution of Delaware
Text as of
October 2026

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All courts shall be open; and every individual for an injury done to the individual’s reputation, person, or movable or immovable possessions, shall have remedy by the due course of law, and justice administered according to the very right of the cause and the law of the land, without sale, denial, or unreasonable delay or expense. Suits may be brought against this State, according to such regulations as shall be made by law. 60 Del. Laws, c. 519 and 61 Del. Laws, c. 80; 71 Del. Laws, c. 379 and 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; 84 Del. Laws, c. 281 and 85 Del. Laws, c. 5;

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