service by publication

  • 1service by publication — n. Publication of a summons or other document as an advertisement in a newspaper named by the court, used in cases where the defendant cannot be found. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …

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  • 2service by publication — Service of process by publishing it in a newspaper in compliance with terms and conditions prescribed by statute. 42 Am J1st Proc §§ 89 et seq …

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  • 3service — ser·vice 1 n 1: the act of delivering to or informing someone of a writ, summons, or other notice as prescribed by law after service of process see also notice by publication at notice, s …

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  • 4service of process — n. The formal delivery to a defendant of the complaint, summons, or other legal document to notify him or her that a lawsuit has been brought. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell …

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  • 5Service of process — is the procedure employed to give legal notice to a person (such as a defendant) of a court or administrative body s exercise of its jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court, body or… …

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  • 6service of process — The service of writs, complaints, summonses, etc., signifies the delivering to or leaving them with the party to whom or with whom they ought to be delivered or left; and, when they are so delivered, they are then said to have been served. In the …

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  • 7publication — To make public; to make known to people in general; to bring before public; to exhibit, display, disclose or reveal. Tiffany Productions v. Dewing, D.C. Md., 50 F.2d 911, 914. The act of publishing anything; offering it to public notice, or… …

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  • 8service of process — The delivery or other communication of a summons, writ, or other process to the opposite party, or other person entitled to receive it, in such manner that, as provided by law, he is charged with having received it, whether by reading the paper… …

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  • 9publication of process — See service by publication …

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  • 10publication of summons — See service by publication …

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