noun
- A summons in writing to compel the appearance or
response of a person before a court; the proceedings in a civil or a criminal
case; the procedure by which a disobedient or recalcitrant defendant is made to
plead.
- Patent law,
the method used to produce a thing or result.Â
abuse of process
Improper use of process after it has been issued; the
wrong is not in the obtaining of process, but in the manner in which it is
used.Â