What does "process server" mean?

A deliverer of processes or summonses, the formal announcements of the beginning of a legal action; a huissier de justice or other equivalent position in other legal systems.

What is a synonym for "process server"?

Common synonyms include: summoner, summoners, tipstaff.

Process server

noun

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Noun

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A deliverer of processes or summonses, the formal announcements of the beginning of a legal action; a huissier de justice or other equivalent position in other legal systems.
"The process server could not effect service of process because the defendant was nowhere to be found."

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summoner summoners tipstaff

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"The process server could not effect service of process because the defendant was nowhere to be found."

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