{{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 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, and 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 serving it on a person, arresting 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

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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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