First recorded in 1605–15
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At that point, the process server later recounted, Mr. Paxton ran from the garage, climbed into the truck, and the couple disappeared down the street, leaving him to deposit the subpoena on the ground.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
Republican Sen. Angela Paxton opened it, telling the process server her husband was on the phone, according to the court document, which was first reported by The Texas Tribune.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
“I understand that the process server had only done her job; however, I deeply regret what happened,” Sudeikis added, according to the Daily Mail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
The “Ted Lasso” star hired a process server, who placed a manila envelope on the stage during her presentation, The Post reported.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
"You—you are——" Say, come to look him over close, I might have known he was no ten-a-week process server.
From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell
His impressive uniform proclaimed him a huissier, a process-server.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, I do not know," said the process-server with most exquisite politeness.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
He did a good trade as bailiff and process-server, and at times had considerable sums of money in his possession.
From A Book of Remarkable Criminals by Irving, Henry Brodribb
At fifteen he had been taken away from a boarding-school to be sent into the employment of a process-server.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
The lady was the daughter of a client of the firm for which Oliver Cromwell was a process-server.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Hubbard, Elbert
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