process server
noun
a person who serves legal documents, as subpoenas, writs, or warrants, especially those requiring appearance in court.
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process-servernouna sheriff's officer who serves legal documents such as writs for appearance in court
process server
Americannoun
Law.
process-server
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of process server
First recorded in 1605–15
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And in late May, after months of failed attempts, a process server delivered court papers to Shaquille O’Neal, the retired basketball star, who was sued for promoting FTX, according to legal filings.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 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
The opening segment of “Night Court” with John Larroquette as a process server was wonderful entertainment and so well written.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 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
"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 Sewell Ford
“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
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
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.
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
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