The Legal Processes ontoterminology defines the types of legal processes in Classical Athens relevant to the corpus of Attic Oratory. A legal process can be defined as "a court dispute between at least two litigants for which a forensic speech would be written."

For more about ontoterminologies, visit the TEDI webpage. An ontoterminology follows the Aristotelian notion of definition in which a concept is a unique combination of essential characteristics (i.e. a characteristic that if removed would result in a different concept). Ontoterminology also uses the hypothesis that a term designates a concept.

The Legal Processes ontoterminology has terms in English and ancient Greek.

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Essential characteristics are grouped along the following axes:
1. Who are the litigants: Whether a process has a plaintiff and defendant, or multiple claimants
2. Who can bring forward a case: Whether a process is public or private
3. Whether the penalty is assessable
4. Motivation of the case
5. How the defendant is summoned to the trial
6. How the case is initiated
7. Which magistrate has jurisdiction over the case
8. Which legal body tries the case
9. What is the punishment if the defendant is convicted
10. What is the penalty for failed prosecution