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  process server

  noun

  a person who serves legal documents, as subpoenas, writs, or warrants, especially those requiring appearance in court.
• process-server
  process-server

  noun

  a sheriff's officer who serves legal documents such as writs for appearance in court

process server

American  

noun

Law.

1. a person who serves legal documents, as subpoenas, writs, or warrants, especially those requiring appearance in court.

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process-server British  

noun

1. a sheriff's officer who serves legal documents such as writs for appearance in court

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Etymology

Origin of process server

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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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

Instead, they're reacting like Jayson Boebert flipping his lid on a process server handing him divorce papers, i.e. they are not happy about it.

From Salon ● May 18, 2023

A process server wrote in an affidavit that he was attempting to deliver the federal court subpoena Monday at Paxton’s home and ultimately had to leave the document on the ground.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

Nor did he want the process server to approach her at their children’s school with other parents in the vicinity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022

"I'm going to stay here and fight back, and if they try to serve me with a summons, they'd better send a robot for a process server."

From Time Crime by Kelly Freas

“The out-of-pocket court costs of a New York eviction are relatively modest: typically a filing fee, process-server fees, and the sheriff’s or marshal’s fee for the lockout,” Sirianni says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

His impressive uniform proclaimed him a huissier, a process-server.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a matter of course, the same process-server reappeared upon the scene in a few months.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

One can only enjoy an estate if one has no fear of the process-server making his appearance upon it.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Thomas Hodgkin

Fees and costs will have their cravings; and from the process-server to the Hangman all will have their due.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala