The Ultimate Legal Dictionary
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Return of Service
DEFINITION
Where a process server confirms under oath that there was actual service of legal documents, typically a summons and complaint to the actual party named on the document. By contrast, “sewer service” refers to a situation in which the server falsely claims to have served the document after actually throwing it in the “sewer.”
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