posting

posting definition - legal

n

A form of substitute process service by which the document is displayed in a prominent place, in order to assure public notice. It is usually used as a last resort, when all other attempts at service have failed. A method of publishing an ordinance by affixing it to the courthouse door.

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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