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An abuse of process is the unjustified or unreasonable use of legal proceedings or process to further a cause of action by an applicant or plaintiff in an action. It is a claim made by the respondent or defendant that the other party is misusing or perverting regularly issued court process (civil or criminal) not justified by the underlying legal action.
Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort.Like the tort of abuse of process, its elements include (1) intentionally (and maliciously) instituting and pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the victim of the malicious prosecution.
Obstruction has been categorized by various sources as a process crime, [3] a public-order crime, [4] [5] or a white-collar crime. [6] Obstruction can include crimes committed by judges, prosecutors, attorneys general, and elected officials in general.
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s (R) office has changed declaration forms to help prevent transgender candidates from being disqualified for not disclosing their “deadname.”. The ...
(The Center Square) – The Ohio Medical Board can intervene more quickly if a medical professional is accused of being sexually abusive to patients. Gov. Mike DeWine recently signed a new law ...
In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct or prosecutorial overreach is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment."
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a second set of four-year maps for state House and Senate districts on Jan. 22, 2022.