Legal process
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
This term is sometimes nsed as equivalent to "lawful process."
Cooley v. Davis, 34 Iowa, 130.
But properly it means a writ, warrant, mandate, or other process issuing from a court of justice, such as an attachment,execution, injunction, etc.
See In re Bminger, 3 Fed. Cas. 416; Loy v. Home Ins. Co., 24 Minn. 319, 31 Am. Rep. 346; Perry V. Lorillard F. Ins. Co., 6 Lans. (N. Y.) 204; Com. v. Brower, 7 Pa. Dist. It. 255.