# Legal process

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{{Short description|Any formal notice or writ by a court obtaining jurisdiction over a person or property}}
{{For|the American law movement|Legal process (jurisprudence)}}
[[File:02- Processo Evelyn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Example of physical [procedural records](/source/procedural_records) from the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro.]]
'''Legal process''' (sometimes simply '''process''') is any formal [notice](/source/notice) or [writ](/source/writ) by a [court](/source/court) obtaining [jurisdiction](/source/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](/source/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](/source/summons), [subpoena](/source/subpoena), [mandate](/source/Mandate_(criminal_law)), and [warrant](/source/warrant_(law)).<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](/source/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 [serving](/source/service_of_process) it on a person, [arrest](/source/arrest)ing a person, posting it on [real property](/source/real_property), or seizing [personal property](/source/personal_property).

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

==See also==<!-- Please respect alphabetical order -->
*[Civil procedure](/source/Civil_procedure)
*[Due process](/source/Due_process)
*[Legal proceedings](/source/Legal_proceedings)
*[Legal process outsourcing](/source/Legal_process_outsourcing)
*[Procedural law](/source/Procedural_law)
*[Trial](/source/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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