Law Dictionary Definitions

prochein ami (proh-shen <<schwa>>-mee). [Law French] See NEXT FRIEND. [Blacks Law 8th]

procès-verbal (proh-say-vair-bahl). [French “official record of oral proceedings”] Civil & int’l law. A detailed, authenticated written report of a proceeding, esp. of an international conference; PROTOCOL(3). • A procès-verbal may be cast in various forms, according to the style a country prefers. [Blacks Law 8th]

processum continuando (pr<<schwa>>-ses-<<schwa>>m k<<schwa>>n-tin-yoo-an-doh). [Latin “for continuing process”] Hist. A writ for the continuation of process after the death of a justice authorized to review cases by a commission of oyer and terminer. [Blacks Law 8th]

process server.A person authorized by law or by a court to formally deliver process to a defendant or respondent. See SERVICE(1). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 418; Process 50. C.J.S. Process § 34.] [Blacks Law 8th]

process patent.See PATENT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

processioning. The survey and inspection of land boundaries, performed esp. in the former English colonies along the southeastern seaboard, and analogous to the English perambulation. [Blacks Law 8th]

process claim.See PATENT CLAIM. [Blacks Law 8th]

process by foreign attachment. See FACTORIZING PROCESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

process agent. See AGENT(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

process, abuse of. See ABUSE OF PROCESS. [Blacks Law 8th]