PROCESS OF MONITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does process of monition mean? 

• PROCESS OF MONITION (noun)
  The noun PROCESS OF MONITION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PROCESS OF MONITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCESS OF MONITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

monition; process of monition

Hypernyms ("process of monition" is a kind of...):

process; summons (a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)