Irregular Process
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Such as a court has general jurisdiction to issue, but which is unauthorized in the particular case by reason of the existence or nonexistence of some fact or circumstance rendering it improper in such a case. 103 N. Y. 84, 90.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Sometimes the term "irregular process" has been defined to mean process absolutely void, and not merely erroneous and voidable ; but usually it has been applied to all process not issued in strict conformity with the law, whether the defect appears upon the face of the process, or by reference to extrinsic facts, and whether such defects render the process absolutely void or only voidable. Cooper v. Harter, 2 Ind. 253. And see Bryan v. Congdon, 86 Fed. 221, 29 C. C. A. 670; Paine v. Ely, N. Chip. (Vt.) 24.
Defined under Process in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Sometimes the term “irregular process” has been defined to mean process absolutely void, and not merely erroneous and voidable; but usually it has been applied to all provess not issued in strict conformity with the law, whether the defect appears upon the face of the proeess, or by reference to extrinsic facts, and whether such detects render the process absolutely void or only voidable. 2 Ind, 252,