sewer service

noun

The intentional failure to provide service of process on a named party in a lawsuit, in order to prevent the party from having a chance to respond.

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Meanings

nounsewer service (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawThe intentional failure to provide service of process on a named party in a lawsuit, in order to prevent the party from having a chance to respond.

    A third CORE investigation revealed additional evidence of sewer service.

    1992, A. Leon Levin, Cases and materials on civil procedure, page 18
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    Ironically, one cause of sewer service is overly stringent requirements that the process server serve the defendant individually, in hand, personally.

    2012, David Crump, Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure
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