4. (Anat. & Zoˆl.) Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially
of a bone; anapophysis.
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.
Deacon's process [from H. Deacon, who introduced it] (Chem.), a method
of obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated
slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some
metallic salt, as sulphate of copper. -- 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. -- Leblanc's process (Chem.), the process of manufacturing
soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the sodium sulphate
so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting with charcoal, and converting
the sodium sulphide to sodium carbonate by roasting with lime. -- Mesne
process. See under Mesne. -- Process milling, the process of high
milling for grinding flour. See under Milling. -- Reversible process
(Thermodynamics), any process consisting of a cycle of operations such
that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse
order with a reversal of their effects.
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