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Definition of Process of monition
1. Noun. A summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted.
Generic synonyms: Process, Summons
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Process Of Monition
Literary usage of Process of monition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leading and Illustrative Cases: With Notes on the Law of Judgments by John Romain Rood (1909)
"It closed with a prayer that process of monition might issue against^ the ...
Upon this libel the district judge ordered process of monition to issue as ..."
2. The American Law Times Reports by Rowland Cox (1877)
"11. is hereby made to your honor that process of monition may issue against the
owner and owners of the property herein described, and against all persons ..."
3. The Jurisdiction and Procedure of the Admiralty Courts of the United States by Morton Pearson Henry (1885)
"... stocks and credits are attachable by admiralty process without the aid of a
statute,1 but a suit commenced in the admiralty by process of monition to ..."
4. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence as Administered in England and America by Joseph Story, Jairus Ware Perry (1877)
"... and thereupon he might pray, that a process of garnishment (that is a process
of monition or notice) might issue to compel the other depositor to appear ..."
5. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England and America by Joseph Story (1886)
"... and thereupon he might pray that a process of garnishment (that is, a process
of monition or notice) might issue to compel the other depositor to appear ..."
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