Process
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Process
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Meaning of Process
The proceedings in any action or prosecution , real or personal , civil or criminal , from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into a court , because it is the beginning or principal part thereof, by which the rest is directed. Any means of acquiring jurisdiction , although a summons may or may not be a process, depending upon the practise of the particular jurisdiction. See, for example, First national Bank v Rusk, 64 Or. 35,127 P. 780. Also see James river National Bank v Haas, 73 N.D. 374, 15 N. W.2d 442.
Process Alternative Definition
In Practice. The means of compelling a defendant to appear in court, after suing out the original writ, in civil, and, after indictment, in criminal, cases. In a broader sense all writs and mandates issued in the course of the proceeding. 15 Pla. 410. The method taken by law to compel a compliance with the original writ or commands of the court. In a strict sense, "process" is confined to the mandate of a court under its seal, whereby a party or an officer of the court is commanded to do certain acts. Thus, the summons used in many states, signed by plaintiff's attorney only, is not process. 12 Minn. 80; J7 Ore. 564. In civil causes, in all real actions and for injuries not committed against the peace, the first step was a summons, which was served in personal actions by two persons called summoners, in real actions by erecting a white stick or wand on the defendant's grounds. If this summons was disregarded, the next step was an attachment of the goods of the defendant, and in case of trespasses the attachment issued at once without a summons. If the attachment failed, a distringas issued, which was continued till he appeared. Here process ended in injuries not committed with force. In case of such injuries, an arrest of the person was provided for. See "Arrest." In modern practice some of these steps are omitted; but the practice of the different states is too various to admit tracing here the differences which have resulted from retaining different steps of the process. In the English law, process in civil causes is called "original" process, when it is founded upon the original writ; and also to distinguish it from mesne or intermediate process, which issues pending the suit, upon some collateral interlocutory matter, as, to summon juries, witnesses, and the like. "Mesne" process is also sometimes put in contradistinction to "final" process, or process of execution; and then it signifies all process which intervenes between the beginning and end of a suit. 3 BI. Comm. 279. And this is the modern usage. 31 N. J. Law, 231. In Patent Law. The art or method by which any particular result is produced. A process, eo nomine, is not made the subject of a patent in our act of congress. It is included under the general term "useful art." Where a result or effect is produced by chemical action, by the operation or application of some element or power of nature, or of one substance to another, such modes, methods, or operations are called "processes." A new process is usually the result of discovery; a machine, of invention. The arts of tanning, dyeing, making waterproof cloth, vulcanizing india rubber, smelting ores, and numerous others, are usually carried on by "processes," as distinguished from "machines." But the term "process" is often employed more vaguely in a secondary sense, in which it cannot be the subject of a patent. Thus, we say that a board is undergoing the process of being planed, grain of being ground, iron of being hammered or rolled. Here the term is used subjectively or passively, as applied to the material operated on, and not to the method or mode of producing that operation, which is by mechanical means, or the use of a machine, as distinguished from a process. In this use of the term it represents the function of a machine, or the effect produced by it on the material subjected to the action of the machine, and does not constitute a patentable subject matter, because there cannot be a valid patent for the function or abstract effect of a machine, but only for the machine which produces it. 15 How. (U. S.) 267, 268. See 2 Barn. & Aid. 349.
Synonyms of Process
(Course), noun
action
conduct
continued movement
continuing development
handling
line of action
manner
means
method
methodology
mode of operation
operation
performance
plan
policy
procedure
progressive course
ratio
regular proceeding
ritual
routine
scheme
series of measures
strategy
system
tactics
transaction
treatment
way
ways and means Associated Concepts: due process
judicial process
(Summons), noun
authoritative citation to appear before a court
authoritative command
behest
bidding
citation
command
direction
instruction to appear
legal call
lis
official call
official notice
requirement to appear
signal by which one is summoned
subpoena
writ Associated Concepts: abuse of process
compulsory process
defective process
irregular process
return of process
service of process
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Proceso
Trámite
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Etimology of Process
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1530s, "begin legal action against," from Middle French processer "to prosecute," from proces (see process; this term is also a noun.). Meaning "prepare by special process" is from 1881, from the noun in English. Of persons, "to register and examine," by 1935. Related: Processed; processing.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Process
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early 14c., "fact of being carried on" (as in in process), from Old French proces "a journey; continuation, development; legal trial" (13c.) and directly from Latin processus "a going forward, advance, progress," from past participle stem of procedere "go forward" (see proceed). Meaning "course or method of action" is from mid-14c.; sense of "continuous series of actions meant to accomplish some result" (the main modern sense) is from 1620s. Legal sense of "course of action of a suit at law" is attested from early 14c.
Meaning of Process (to) in Spanish
Description/ translation of process (to) into Spanish: cumplir los trámites legales; the prompt processing of an arrestee: resolver sin dilación sobre la situación de un detenido[1]
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Castoriadis-Aulagnier, Piera. (2001). The violence of interpretation: From pictogram to statement (Alan Sheridan, Trans.). East Sussex, UK: Brunner-Routledge.
Freud, Sigmund. (1900a). The interpretation of dreams. Part I, SE, 4: 1-338; Part II, SE, 5: 339-625.
. (1911b). Formulations on the two principles of mental functioning. SE, 12: 213-226.
. (1950c [1895]) Project for a scientific psychology. SE, 1: 281-387.
Green, André. (1972). Note sur les processus tertiaires. Revue française de Psychanalyse, 36, 3, 407-410.
Jaspers, Karl. (1913). General psychopathology Manchester Universities Press, 1963.
Lalande, André. (1926). Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophie. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Marchais, Pierre. (1968). Les processus névrotiques: contribution à l'étude psychopathologique des névroses. Paris: L'Expansion.
Process in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of process.
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Definition of Process
In relation to social issues, a meaning of process is provided here: a series of gradual changes bringing about a result.
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