Service of a writ
| (Law) | personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. |
| See under Service. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.