Serve
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To make a service. See Service.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch practice. To render a verdict or decision in favor of a person claiming to be an heir; to declare the fact of his heirship judicially. A jury are said to serve a claimant heir, when they find him to be heir, upon the evidence submitted to them. Bell. As to serving papers, etc., sce Service of Process.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To deliver with judicial effect; to deliver so as to charge a party, in law, with delivery.
In Scots law. To declare the fact of heirship judicially.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
To legally deliver; as of a writ.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Besides its popular meaning of to render subordinate aid or perform menial duty (see Servant), the verb " to serve " has an important technical meaning in connection with process. See Service.