process to compel appearance

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• process — A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; method, mode or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced; normal or actual course of procedure; regular proceeding, as, the process of… …   Black's law dictionary

• process — pro·cess / prä ˌses, prō / n 1: a continuous operation, art, or method esp. in manufacture whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process...may obtain a patent therefor U.S. Code 2 a: procedure (1) see also …   Law dictionary

• process — I. noun (plural processes) Etymology: Middle English proces, from Anglo French procés, from Latin processus, from procedere Date: 14th century 1. a. progress, advance < in the process of time > b. someth …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• compulsory process — n: process served on witnesses to compel their testimony for the defense at trial ◇ A criminal defendant has a constitutional right to compulsory process. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. compulsory process …   Law dictionary

• compulsory process — noun the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court • Hypernyms: ↑legal right …   Useful english dictionary

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium

• distringas — /dsstriijgas/ In English practice, a writ formerly directed to the sheriff of the county in which a defendant resided or had any goods or chattels, commanding him to distrain upon the goods and chattels of the defendant for forty shillings, in… …   Black's law dictionary

• distringas — /dsstriijgas/ In English practice, a writ formerly directed to the sheriff of the county in which a defendant resided or had any goods or chattels, commanding him to distrain upon the goods and chattels of the defendant for forty shillings, in… …   Black's law dictionary

• unavailability — In law of evidence, on a showing that a witness or his testimony is not available, prior reported testimony of that witness which can be faithfully reproduced is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule. A witness is unavailable if he is… …   Black's law dictionary

• Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …   Universalium

• political system — Introduction       the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …   Universalium