Service of process
Service of process is the procedure employed to give
legal notice to a person (defendant etc.) of a
court or
administrative body's exercise of its
jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court, body or other tribunal. Usually, notice is furnished by delivering a set of court documents to the person to be served.
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Acknowledgement of service
Form of reply to, or confirmation of, service of process