abuse of process
abuse of rules of procedure

"It calls out for changes in the state law, because this is an abuse of process."

"There was an abuse of process by the authorities," he said.

Even then, I would almost certainly have voted not guilty because the prosecution was an abuse of process.

So it would seem that even a defence may be an abuse of process if it is not based on private rights.

In this case, it appears that abuse of process has earned its just desserts.

If they would not, that looks an 'abuse of process' in the ordinary meaning of those words.

It would be an abuse of process to proceed by action when there were open appeals against the relevant assessments.

The Conservancy appeal was dismissed without merit as an "abuse of process."

The court found against Jaubert's claim of abuse of process.

Yet awkward circumstances can arise, sometimes raising questions of abuse of process.

The taking of an appeal, even a frivolous one, is not enough to constitute an abuse of process.

"You forget Suade's already got a lawsuit pending against the county for abuse of process.

We don't just switch process, we fight abuse of process and carry on!

Rosenberg countersued the city for libel, abuse of process and conspiracy.

Prosecution against 21 people was halted due to a '"gross abuse of process" by police'

But when the habeas corpus application comes to court, he will be able to argue that the proceedings against him are an abuse of process.

Moreover, the mere filing of a complaint cannot constitute an abuse of process.

The defence alleged abuse of process.

That is surely abuse of process.

Devlin later termed this "an abuse of process".

Massive fines for frivolous abuse of process.

It is widely known that the majority of restraining orders are in fact malicious and an abuse of process.

It would be an abuse of process to ask for a winding up petition when a debt was bona fide under dispute.

During the later trial of his co-defendants the interviews were also subject to a challenge of abuse of process.

In abuse of process, the legal process is misused for some purpose which is considered improper under the law.