What is BROUGHT? Definition of BROUGHT in Black's Law Dictionary
Taken; carried. United States v. Townsend, D.C.N.Y., 219 F. 761, 762. Past tense of "bring." Frederick v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 207 Wis. 234, 240 N.W. 387, 390, 80 A.L.R. 984.
A proceeding is not "brought" as regards defendant until process has been issued from an appropriate court in good faith intending or making an effort to serve it. City of Revere v. Special Judge of Dist. Court of Chelsea, 262 Mass. 393, 160 N.F. 431, 433. A writ of error is not -brought" until it is filed or lodged in the court, or with the clerk of the court, which rendered the judgment. U. S. v. Shaffer, D.C.Wash., 278 F. 549, 531.
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