Prŏc'ess, n.

(prŏs'es) (Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. processus, It. & Pg. processo, Sp. proceso, Pr. proces, O. & N. Fr. procès. See PROCEED.] 1. The act of proceeding or moving forward; procedure; progress; advance; continued movement. “Long process of time.” Milton. Yet I doubt not, through the ages, one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Tennyson. 2. Series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; course; proceeding; operation; continuous experiment; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process. Commend me to your honorable wife, Tell her the process of Antonio’s death. Shak.

3. Normal or regular manner of activity; natural exercise of appropriate functions; as, the processes of nature.
4. (Anat.) Any protuberance, eminence, or projecting part of any surface. Coxe.
5. (Law.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause, real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action;—a generic term for writs of the class called judicial. New Am. Cyc.

Final process (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. Burrill.—In process, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.—Jury process (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. Burrill.—Mesne process. See MESNE.