Abuse of process
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Wrongful use of the process of a court. See 58 Am. St. Rep. 434.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
There is said to be an abuse of process when an adversary, through the malicious and unfounded use of some regular legal proceeding, obtuins some advantage over his o)ponent. Wharton. A tnalicious abuse of legal process is where the party amploys it for some uniawful object, not the purpose which it is intended by