Editing Legal process

{{Short description|Any formal notice or writ by a court obtaining jurisdiction over a person or proper}}
{{For|the American law movement|Legal process (jurisprudence)}}
[[File:07- consulta processo físico.png|right|thumb|100 px|Example of electronic consultation of physical [[procedural records]] of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro.]]
[[File:02- Processo Evelyn.jpg|left|thumb|100 px|Example of physical [[procedural records]] from the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro.]]

'''Legal process''' (sometimes simply '''process''') is any formal [[notice]] or [[writ]] by a [[court]] obtaining [[jurisdiction]] over a person or property.<ref name=Walker>{{Cite book
  | last = Walker
  | first = David
  | author-link = 
  | title = Oxford Companion to Law
  | place = 
  | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
  | year = 1980
  | volume = 
  | edition = 
  | page = [https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000walk/page/1003 1003]
  | url = https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000walk
  | url-access = registration
  | doi = 
  | id = 
  | isbn =0-19-866110-X }}</ref> Common forms of process include a [[summons]], [[subpoena]], [[Mandate (criminal law)|mandate]], and [[warrant (law)|warrant]].<ref>{{cite book
  | last =Black
  | first = Henry C. 
  | authorlink = 
  | title = Black's Law Dictionary
  | url =https://archive.org/details/blackslawdiction00blac_1
  | url-access =registration
  | publisher = [[West Publishing]]
  | location = St. Paul, Mn. 
  | date = 1990
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/blackslawdiction00blac_1/page/1205 1205]
  | doi = 
  | isbn = 0-314-76271-X}}</ref> Process normally takes effect by [[service of process|serving]] it on a person, [[arrest]]ing a person, posting it on [[real property]], or seizing [[personal property]].

==Abuse==
{{Excerpt|Abuse of process}}

==See also==<!-- Please respect alphabetical order -->
*[[Civil procedure]]
*[[Due process]]
*[[Legal proceedings]]
*[[Legal process outsourcing]]
*[[Procedural law]]
*[[Trial]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Hartzler, H. Richard (1976). ''Justice, Legal Systems, and Social Structure''. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press.
*Kempin, Jr., Frederick G. (1963). ''Legal History: Law and Social Change''. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
*Murphy, Cornelius F. (1977). ''Introduction to Law, Legal Process, and Procedure''. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing.
*Schwartz, Bernard (1974). ''The Law in America''. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co.

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[[Category:Judiciaries]]
[[Category:Legal procedure]]