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Substituted service

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004749

A method of delivering legal documents to a party when personal service is impractical or impossible. This form of service, also known as constructive service, typically involves leaving the documents with a responsible person at the defendant's residence or place of business, or by mail. It must be reasonably calculated to give the defendant notice of the action.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004749
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004749",
  "term": "Substituted service",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A method of delivering legal documents to a party when personal service is impractical or impossible. This form of service, also known as constructive service, typically involves leaving the documents with a responsible person at the defendant's residence or place of business, or by mail. It must be reasonably calculated to give the defendant notice of the action.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/substituted-service/"
}

Record 4,846 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.