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  • process server
    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
Synonyms

process server

American  

noun

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


process-server British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of process server

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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The other process server ran and sought help, court records said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

He once got so aggressive trying to escape a subpoena that the process server described him dashing to a car and peeling away.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2023

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

“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

"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

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