final process
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
Definitions from Case Law
From 78 U.S. 672 - Cook v. Burnley · 1870Most cited · 1 citing opinions
Final process is never issued by this court in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, except in cases where a State has once refused to execute the mandate of the court.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Writs of execution. So called to distinguish them from mesne ph>ce8S, which includes all process issuing before judgment rendered. 3 Steph. Com. 489.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The last process in a suit; that is, writs of execution. Thus distinguished from mesne process, which includes ali writs issued during the progress of a cause and before final judgment. Amis v. Smith, 16 Pet 313, 10 L. Ed. 973,
Defined under Process in Black's Law Dictionary.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In practice. Writ* of execution in an action at law. So termed as concluding the proceedings, in contradistinction to m>esne process, (q. v.)