Personal service
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Personal service of a writ or notice is made by delivering it to the person named, in person, or handing him a copy and informing him of the nafure and terms of the original. Leaving a copy at his place of abode is not personui service, Moyer v. Cook, 12 Wis. 336.