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Serve notice

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Verb
  1. 1
    To officially give a legal notice to.

    "One who desires to assert his right to the possession of a horse by virtue of his lien must ascertain the real owner and serve notice on him."

  2. 2
    To warn or announce.

    "Those same philosophy articles then immediately serve notice that, for simplicity, they will discuss only belief."

  3. 3
    To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association. idiomatic

    ""One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him.""

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