Process
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
1.
The procedure or method of getting a defendant into court, the summons, writs, and attachments for that purpose: original process.
2.
Mesne process was formerly process not depending on the original writ, but on interlocutory or collateral matter; but now is commonly used to mean all process before judgment and final process [process of execution]; particularly, the ca. resp. Prochein amy,/?-.
Next friend
Procheyn heire: next heir. Frochein avoidance: v. Presentation.