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abuses of process

abuses of process is the plural of abuse of process.

Meaning of abuse of process

Noun

abuse of process (usually uncountable, plural abuses of process)

  1. (usually) A cause of action in tort arising from one party making a malicious and deliberate misuse or perversion of regularly issued court process (civil or criminal) that is not justified by the underlying legal action.

Questions about abuses of process

What is abuses of process the plural of?
Abuses of process is the plural of abuse of process.

Words near abuses of process in the dictionary

  1. abuser
  2. abusers
  3. abuses
  4. abuses of discretion
  5. abuses of notation
  6. abuses of process
  7. abusest
  8. abuseth
  9. Abushanab
  10. abusing
  11. abusingly

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