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process

process

8 8.3
A court document that orders someone to appear in a civil case
  • noun
  • /ˈprɑːsɛs/
  • Formal
: citación
  • Not until that replacement is deployed can we begin a legal process of reclaiming the extorted funds.
  • service of process
  • electronic service of process

Examples

  • The judge issued a process requiring the defendant to appear in court next week.

  • -There exists a due process of law.

  • Have you ever heard of due process?

  • But I do believe in the judicial process.

  • - Are you accusing my client of murder without due process?

  • You mean besides the fact that they executed my friend in two days without due process?

  • They must follow a legal process to go on strike.

  • The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.

  • Most lawyers think it's only a matter of time before electronic service of process becomes commonplace.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Despite California families having access to a uniform complaint process, many district- and school-level problems persist.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

summons
vsprocess
  • Formal
30 7.5

An official paper that orders someone to appear in court

is a court writ compelling appearance and enabling default judgment if not complied with
process of monition
vsprocess
  • UK
9.9

A formal notice given after a claim asking people to explain why the court should not enter judgment against them

is a court writ that compels appearance or leads to default judgment if absent

Antonyms

dismissal
  • Formal
22 5.1

A judge's order that ends a case without a trial

Idioms

To take pleasure in the steps of doing something, not only the result

Believe in planned steps even when results are not clear

Compounds

peace process
  • Formal
106 3.0

A series of talks and actions to end a war and make peace between fighting sides

due process
  • Formal
77 4.0

Fair legal steps that follow rules and protect people from unfair loss of freedom or property

Mental steps used to consider and solve a problem

A series of steps people follow to make a choice in a group or organization

A change that happens in the world without human help

8 5.5

A rule that the government must follow fair legal steps before taking someone's life, freedom, or property

A set of steps a company uses to choose new workers

mental process
  • Specialized
6 4.2

A brain activity like thinking, remembering, or deciding

chemical process
  • Specialized
5 3.5

A process that changes the tiny particles that make a substance

physical process
  • Specialized
5 4.0

A change or movement in matter and energy that happens in nature and in experiments, like melting

biological process
  • Specialized
5 3.9

A process that happens inside a living thing and helps it live

cognitive process
  • Specialized
4 4.4

A mental activity such as thinking, remembering, or learning

industrial process
  • Specialized
4 3.4

A series of machine and chemical steps used to make goods in a factory

process-server
  • Specialized
4 7.7

A person who brings court papers to someone in a court case

4 4.8

Fair treatment in court and under the law

A method with two steps done one after the other

The physical stages a person goes through when a baby comes out of their body

metabolic process
  • Specialized
3 4.1

Processes inside a living cell or body that make and use energy to keep it alive

A set of steps people follow to make a product or finish a project

A set of actions that make, move, and sell goods and services in a country

A natural change on Earth that shapes rocks and land, like erosion or volcanoes

2 3.3

A cheese made by mixing different cheeses with other ingredients that help it melt smoothly

A way of making copies of text or pictures by putting ink on paper

A way people form groups, meet, and make connections that change society

spinous process
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A bony part on the back of each spine bone where muscles and ligaments attach

A natural set of actions that happen inside living things, like breathing or digestion

geologic process
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A natural change that makes, changes, or destroys Earth's rocks and land

unconscious process
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A mental activity that happens without you noticing or controlling it

mastoid process
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A bony bump behind the ear at the base of the skull

irreversible process
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A change that cannot be undone, for example melting or rusting

xiphoid process
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A small part at the bottom of the breastbone that can feel hard

olecranon process
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The bony bump at the back of the elbow that fits into the upper arm when the arm is straight

1 8.4

The act of giving legal papers to someone to start a court case

mathematical process
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A series of steps used to solve math problems like addition or multiplication

1 6.5

A method that makes steel by blowing air through liquid iron to remove carbon and other unwanted parts

transverse process
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A bony projection on each side of a vertebra where muscles attach

acromial process
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Outer point of the shoulder blade that forms the tip of the shoulder

1 9.8

The right of a person on trial to have witnesses brought by court order

reversible process
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A process where a system returns to how it started when the steps are done backward

Haber process
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A factory method for making ammonia by reacting nitrogen and hydrogen gases under high pressure and heat with iron

pathological process
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A change in the body that happens because of disease

bodily process
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A natural function inside a living body, like breathing or digestion

pathologic process
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A change in the body caused by disease

Markov process
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A process where the next state depends only on the current one

zygomatic process
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A thin part of the skull at the side of the face that helps form the cheekbone

stochastic process
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A series of random events that change over time

Haber-Bosch process
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A process that makes ammonia by combining nitrogen and hydrogen gases at high temperature and pressure with an iron catalyst

liquidation process
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Selling the things a company owns to pay its debts before it closes

alveolar process
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A raised part of the jaw bone that holds the sockets of the teeth

planting process
  • Specialized
1 3.0

Steps to put seeds or young trees into soil and help them grow

surgical process
  • Specialized
1 4.6

An operation where a surgeon cuts the body to fix or remove a problem

linguistic process
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A mental activity people use to understand, produce, or learn language

1 4.6

A simple mental action like seeing, remembering, or paying attention

styloid process
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A slender, pointed part of a bone at the base of the skull that muscles attach to

coronoid process
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A sharp triangular part that sticks out of a bone, for example the lower jaw or the ulna

1 7.4

A way of studying and changing how a company works to make it faster, cheaper, and better

adiabatic process
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A process in which no heat moves into or out of a system, for example when a gas expands quickly

process printing
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A way of making full-color images using four color inks

1 7.7

Thinking that uses what you have learned to reason, plan, or solve problems

fossilization process
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Natural changes that turn dead plants or animals into rock-like remains

1 8.2

A type of talk therapy that explores a person's hidden thoughts and childhood experiences

1 9.9

A way to make photographs on glass plates with a thin light-sensitive layer

1 7.9

A process in the mind where one thing stands for another, like a word for an idea

1 9.9

A random sequence whose statistical properties stay the same over time

cyanide process
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A method of taking gold and silver from ore using a cyanide solution

A change that happens slowly over a long time

Markoff process
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A random system where what happens next depends only on the present, not on the past

1 8.2

A way of making steel by melting iron and scrap metal in a large open furnace

Benday process
  • Archaic
9.9

A printing method using many small dots to make shades

bromoil process
  • Archaic
9.9

An old way to make photos by bleaching a print and painting it with oil ink for a painted look

carbon process
  • Archaic
8.8

A way of making photographs using paper covered with gelatin and pigment

condylar process
  • Specialized
9.8

A rounded bone at the top of the lower jaw that fits the jaw joint

condyloid process
  • Specialized
9.9

A rounded part at the top of the lower jaw that joins the skull

Surface Forms

process singular
processes plural

Etymology

The legal sense of process also comes from Latin pro- 'forward' and cedere 'to go', and it was used for a written order that 'sets a case going'. That's why a legal process is the official paper or steps that make a court action move forward.