Legal process

For the American law movement, see Legal process (jurisprudence).

Legal process (sometimes simply process) is any formal notice or writ by a court obtaining jurisdiction over a person or property.^[1] Common forms of process include a summons, subpoena, mandate, and warrant.^[2] Process normally takes effect by serving in on a person, arresting a person, posting it on real property, or seizing personal property.

Example of electronic consultation of physical procedural records of the .

Example of physical procedural records from the .

See also

• Civil procedure
• Due process
• Legal proceedings
• Legal process outsourcing
• Procedural law
• Trial

References

1. Walker, David (1980). Oxford Companion to Law. Oxford University Press. p. 1003. ISBN 0-19-866110-X.
2. Black, Henry C. (1990). Black's Law Dictionary. St. Paul, Mn.: West Publishing. pp. 1205. ISBN 0-314-76271-X.

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.