Process

A something issuing out of court, or from a judge; a judicial writ of any sort; in a general sense, the entire proceedings in an action or prosecution; in patent law, a means or method employed to produce a certain effect or result, patentable where and only where it is not the function or effect of a machine, v. Due process; Final process; Mesne process; Original process.

In old English law

The means used to compel a defendant to appear in compliance with the original writ, consisting of a verbal monition or warning, and the successive writs of attachment, distringas and capias ad respondendum. Process roll: a roll used for the entry of process to save the statute of limitations.