Viis et modis
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
By ways and means, by substituted service. See Substituted service.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. In the ecclesiastical couris, service of a decree or citation viis et modis, i. e., by all "ways and means" likely to affect the party with knowledge of its contents, is equivalent to substituted service in the temporal courts, and is opposed to personal service. Pblllim. Ecc. Law, 1258, 1283.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. (By ways and means.) A citation against an absent defendant in admiralty practice, served by posting up in certain specified public places, as the Royal Exchange, the Market-cross at Edinburgh, etc.