Legal Definition and Related Resources of Acceptance of Service

Where a solicitor writes on a writ of summons words to the following effect: “I accept service of the writ on behalf of the defendant A B, and undertake to enter an appearance for him thereto in due course.” If such appearance is not entered, the solicitor is liable to attachment

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What does Acceptance of service mean in American Law?

The definition of Acceptance of service in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

May be used merely to describe the cooperative behavior of a person to whom service of process is tendered by a process server, e.g., holding out a hand to take the proffered paper rather than waiting to have it formally thrust at him. But more commonly the term refers to a formal acknowledgement of service of process made even though service has not actually been effected, so as to allow the formalities of service to be dispensed with. The jurisdiction so conferred is the same as would arise

from actual, physical service.