process server

noun Law.

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

Nearby words

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Origin of process server

First recorded in 1605–15

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Examples from the Web for process-server

A process-server walked in and handed Vaucross the papers at his table.
Strictly Business|O. Henry
One can only enjoy an estate if one has no fear of the process-server making his appearance upon it.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
However, the family remains, and no process-server would show his face at the rebuilt house for fifty pounds.
Disturbed Ireland|Bernard H. Becker
At fifteen he had been taken away from a boarding-school to be sent into the employment of a process-server.
Bouvard and Pcuchet|Gustave Flaubert

Doublon, my process-server, will act under Cachan's directions, and he will lay on like a blacksmith.
Eve and David|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for process-server

process-server

noun

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

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