abuse of process definition

abuse of process

Litigious action that is obviously in bad faith (such as one meant to delay the delivery of justice), frivolous, or vexatious (see vexatious action), and which is therefore either dismissed or stayed by the courts as misuse (abuse) of the legal process.

abuse of process is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.

abuse of process appears in the definitions of the following terms: vexatious action and appeal bond

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