abuse of process
B2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
The improper use of court procedure for a purpose other than resolving the genuine dispute.
The second action was struck out as an abuse of process, being a plain attempt to relitigate matters already decided.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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