SINCE 1828
substituted service
noun
sub·sti·tut·ed service
Legal Definition of substituted service
: the service of a writ, process, or summons otherwise than by personal service (as by mail or publication or by leaving it at a defendant's place of business or residence or with an agent)
— called also
constructive service
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