prayer of process

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PRAYER OF PROCESS, chanc. plead. That part of a bill which prays that the 
defendant be compelled to appear and answer the bill, and abide the 
determination of the court on the subject, is called prayer of process. This 
prayer must contain the name's of all Persons who are intended to be made 
parties. Coop. Eq. Pl. 16; Story, Eq. Pl. Sec. 44. 
    

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