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[ verb ] deliver a warrant or summons to someone

Synonyms

serve process

Examples

"He was processed by the sheriff"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The sheriff and District_Attorney_Mills hastily swore_out a number of warrants against men who had been riding about armed , according_to signed statements by Chavez and Dr._I._P._George , and ordered Deputy_Barney_Clark of Raton to rescue the posseman .

Related terms

deliver subpoena summons

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