certificate of service

certificate of service definition - legal

n

The section of a pleading or motion that certifies that the party filing the document has sent a copy of the document to the opposing party or his lawyer.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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