Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service
Meaning of Service
A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the service of a writ or other document on a person means the delivery of the writ or other document to a person who is thereby officially notified of a legal proceeding or some step in the same. Assistance or benefit afforded another. Any branch of the Armed Forces. A formal and public exercise of worship . A ritual or ceremony prescribed for a particular occasion such as a marriage service. Duty or work rendered by one person as an employee to another, his master .
Service Alternative Definition
In Feudal Law. That duty which the tenant owed to his lord by reason of his fee or estate. The services, in respect of their quality, were either free or base, and in respect of their quantity, and the time of exacting them, were either certain or uncertain. 2 Bl. Comm. 62. In Civil Law. A servitude. In Practice. The execution of a writ or process. Thus, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process (Kirby [Conn.] 48; 2 Aik. [Vt.] 338; 11 Mass. 181) ; to serve a summons is to deliver a copy of it at the house, of the party, or to deliver it to him personally, or to read it to him. Notices and other papers are served by delivering the same at the house of the party, or to him in person. Service of process is either (1) actual, or (2) constructive; constructive service being such as is by law conclusively presumed to give notice, e. g., by publication or posting. Actual service is either (a) personal, by actual delivery of the process to the person to be served, or (b) substituted, being by such a disposition as the law deems to be the equivalent of personal service, e. g., by leaving at his dwelling house. When the service of a writ is prevented by the act of the party on whom it is to be served, it will, in general, he sufficient if the oflScer do everything in his power to serve it. 1 Man. & G. 238.
Legal Definition of Service
The process by which court documents are formally sent to the parties concerned.
Synonyms of Service
(Assistance), noun
- abetment
- accommodation
- advice
- aid
- attendance
- backing
- benefit
- care
- cooperation
- favor
- guidance
- help
- helping hand
- ministerium
- ministration
- opera
- relief
- succor
- support
- useful office
- usefulness Associated Concepts: essential service
- professional service
- public service
- service contract
- service mark
(Delivery of legal process), noun
- commencement of an action
- delivery of a writ
- delivery of process
- handing over legal papers
- institution of proceedings
- notification of legal action Associated Concepts: actual service of process
- constructive service of process
- personal service
- service by mail
- service by publication
- service of notice
- service of subpoena
- service of summons
- service rendered
- special service
- substituted service of process
Related Entries of Service in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
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Service in Historical Law
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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
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English Spanish Translation of Service
Diligenciamiento, notificación, entrega (e.g., of a subpoena)
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Etimology of Service
(You may find service at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
c. 1100, “celebration of public worship,” from Old French servise “act of homage; servitude; service at table; Mass, church ceremony,” from Latin servitium “slavery, condition of a slave, servitude,” also “slaves collectively,” from servus “slave” (see serve (verb)). Meaning “act of serving, occupation of an attendant servant” is attested from c. 1200, as is that of “assistance, help; a helpful act.” From c. 1300 as “provision of food; sequence of dishes served in a meal;” from late 14c. as “service at table, attendance during a meal.” Meaning “the furniture of the table” (tea service, etc.) is from mid-15c. Meanings “state of being bound to undertake tasks for someone or at someone’s direction; labor performed or undertaken for another” are mid-13c. Sense of “service or employment in a court or administration” is from c. 1300, as is that of “military service (especially by a knight); employment as a soldier;” hence “the military as an occupation” (1706). Also in Middle English “sexual intercourse, conjugal relations” (mid-15c.; service of Venus, or flesh’s service). Service industry (as distinct from production) attested from 1938. A service station originally was a gas stop that also repaired cars.
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Service in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of service.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- service in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- service in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Meaning of Service in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Service published by the National Association for Court Management: The delivery of a legal document, such as a complaint, summons, or subpoena, notifying a person of a lawsuit or other legal action taken against him or her. Service, which constitutes formal legal notice, must be made by an officially authorized person in accordance with the formal requirements of the applicable laws.
Legal Usage of Service in English
An European Commission document offers the following explanation about the misused of Service :At the Commission (but not usually at the Court), the term ‘service’ is widely used with a meaning akin to ‘department’, which causes confusion for the casual reader of the Commission intranet, where the word is used indifferently to mean both ‘department’ and ‘service’. ‘Service’ is not the generic term for ‘department’ in English, although it is indeed used in the names of a few government departments, especially when they offer a service (e.g. the ‘Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service’, or the ‘passport service’). The first example below shows that it is also misused in European Union texts to mean ‘the staff of’. In the second example, it is superfluous (‘In agreement with the Commission’), though some might argue that it serves to emphasise a distinction between the institution itself (or its members) and its staff. However, there is usually no need to make this distinction explicit in English as the precise meaning is usually clear from the context.
Examples ‘For the financial year 2007, the services of the Commission’s Accounting Officer carried out a follow-up of the previous year’s findings147.’ ‘In agreement with the services of the Commission, the group may set up subgroups to examine specific questions on the basis of the terms of reference defined by the group. Such subgroups shall be disbanded as soon as their mandate is fulfilled148.’
Alternatives
‘The services of the Commission/Court etc.’ can usually be reduced to ‘the Commission/ Court etc.’ If you really need to avoid ambiguity (was it the staff or the Commission itself?), you can say ‘the Commission’s staff’ or ‘the Commission’s XYZ department’.
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Further Reading
- David Mellinkoff, “Mellinkoff’s Dictionary of American Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1992
- Bryan A. Garner, “A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1995
Concept of Service in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Service: Notice given to one by delivery of a writ, subpoena, injunction, etc., by one duly authorized, giving notice to the person served of some court action or other proceeding with which he or she is involved (as defendant, witness, etc.
Concept of Service in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Service: Notice given to one by delivery of a writ, subpoena, injunction, etc., by one duly authorized, giving notice to the person served of some court action or other proceeding with which he or she is involved (as defendant, witness, etc.
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Hierarchical Display of Service
Trade > Consumption > Goods and services
Business And Competition > Business classification > Branch of activity > Services company
Economics > Economic structure > Economic sector > Tertiary sector
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > EU employment policy > Freedom to provide services
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Provision of services
Meaning of Service
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Translation of Service
- Spanish: Servicio
- French: Service
- German: Dienstleistung
- Italian: Servizio
- Portuguese: Serviços
- Polish: Usługi
Thesaurus of Service
Trade > Consumption > Goods and services > Service
Business And Competition > Business classification > Branch of activity > Services company > Service
Economics > Economic structure > Economic sector > Tertiary sector > Service
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > EU employment policy > Freedom to provide services > Service
Trade > Marketing > Commercial transaction > Provision of services > Service
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