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
In January, one process server slipped, fell down an embankment and injured his leg in his attempt to reach Lidstone, according to a motion filed by Giles’ attorney.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 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
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
"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 Freas, Kelly
His impressive uniform proclaimed him a huissier, a process-server.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first object looked for will be Robespierre's birthplace, an eminently respectable middle-class abode, now occupied by a personage almost as generally distasteful as that of the Conventionnel himself, namely, a process-server or bailiff.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
How the volunteer process-server ever lived to get across the bridge of death no man might know.
From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis
A process-server walked in and handed Vaucross the papers at his table.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
The "man of law" and Hirschler began by shaking hands, for they were old acquaintances; it would have been difficult to find a process-server in Paris who was not an old acquaintance of Dumas.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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