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`Black’s Law Dictionary®
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`Ninth Edition
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`Bryan A. Garner
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`servient property
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`employer’s control of the servant’s time and behavior.
`See EMPLOYEE. Cf. MASTER (1). [Cases: Labor and
`Employment C323]
`“A servant, strictly speaking. is a person who, by contract
`or operation of law, is for a limited period subject to the
`authority or control of another person in a particular trade.
`business or occupation .
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`. The word servant. in our legal
`nomenclature, has a broad significance, and embraces
`all persons of whatever rank or position who are in the
`employ, and subject to the direction or control of another
`in any department of labor or business. Indeed it may, in
`most cases, be said to be synonymous with employee."
`H.G. Wood, A Treatise on the Law of Master and Servant
`§ 1, at 2 (2d ed. 1886).
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`fellow servant. See FELLOW SERVANT.
`indentured servant. Hist. A servant who contracted to
`work without wages for a fixed period in exchange for
`some benefit, such as learning a trade or cancellation
`of a debt or paid passage to another country, and the
`promise of freedom when the contract period expired.
`0 indentured servitude could be voluntary or invol-
`untary. A contract usu. lasted from four to ten years,
`but the servant could terminate the contract sooner
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`by paying for the unexpired time. Convicts trans—
`ported to the colonies were often required to serve as
`indentured servants as part of their sentences.
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`serve, vb. (15c) 1. To make legal delivery of (a notice or
`process) <a copy of lhe pleading was served on all inter~
`ested parties>. 2. To present (a person) with a notice or
`process as required bylaw (the defendant was served
`with process). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure CD411;
`Process @48.]
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`service, 11. (15c) 1. The formal delivery of a writ, summons,
`or other legal process <after three attempts, service still
`had not been accomplished>. — Also termed service of
`process. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 03411—518;
`Process (3348—150] 2. The formal delivery of some
`other legal notice, such as a pleading <be sure that a
`certificate of service is attached to the motion>. [Cases:
`Federal Civil Procedure CD665]
`actual service. See PERSONAL SERVICE (1).
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`constructive service. (1808) 1. See substituted service.
`2. Service accomplished by a method or circumstance
`that does not give actual notice.
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`personal service. See PERSONAL SERVICE (1).
`service by publication. (1826) The service of process
`on an absent or nonresident defendant by publish-
`ing a notice in a newspaper or other public medium.
`[Cases: Federal Civil Procedure CD414; Process (33
`84—111.]
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`sewer service. Slang. The fraudulent service of process
`on a debtor by a creditor seeking to obtain a default
`judgment.
`substituted service. (1840) Any method of service
`allowed by law in place of personal service, such as
`service by mail. — Also termed constructive service.
`[Cases: Federal Civil Procedure CD414; Process C3
`69-111.]
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`3. The act of doing something useful for a person or
`company, usu. for a fee <your services were no longer
`required>.
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`personal service. See PERSONAL SERVICE (2).
`4. A person or company whose business is to do useful
`things for others <a linen service>.
`civil service. See CIVIL SERVICE.
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`salvage service. See SALVAGE SERVICE.
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`5. An intangible commodity in the form of human
`effort, such as labor, Skill, or advice <contract for
`services>. [Cases: Contracts @190]
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`service, vb. (1927) To provide service for; Specif, to make
`interest payments on (a debt) <service the deficit>.
`service by publication. See SERVICE (2).
`service charge. 1. A charge assessed for performing a
`service, such as the charge assessed by a bank against
`the expenses of maintaining or servicing a customer’s
`checking account. 2. The sum of {1) all charges payable
`by the buyer and imposed by the seller as an incident
`to the extension of credit and (2) charges lncu rred for
`investigating the collateral or creditworthiness of the
`buyer or for commissions for obtaining the credit.
`UCCC § 2.109. — Also termed (in sense 2) credit service
`charge. [Cases: Consumer Credit 0313.]
`service contract. See CONTRACT.
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`service establishment. Under the Fair Labor Standards
`Act, an establishment that, although having the char-
`acteristics of a retail store, primarily furnishes services
`to the public, such as a barber shop, laundry, or auto-
`mobile—repair shop.
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`service life. The period of an asset’s expected usefulness.
`o It may or may not coincide with the asset’s depre-
`ciable life for income—tax purposes.
`servicemark. (1945) Trademarks. A name, phrase,
`or other device used to identify and distinguish the
`services of a certain provider. 0 Servicemarks identify
`and afford protection to intangible things such as
`services. as distinguished from the protection already
`provided for marks affixed to tangible things such as
`goods and products. H Often shortened to mark. ~—
`Also spelled service mark; service-mark. Cf. TRADE.-
`MARK (1); registered trademark under TRADEMARK.
`[Cases: Trademarks 031024.]
`servicemark application. See TRADEMARK APPLICA-
`TION.
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`service-occupation tax. See TAx.
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`service of process. See SERVICE (1).
`serviens narrator (sar—vee-enz na-ray-tar). See SERIEANT-
`AT—LAW.
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`servient (sar—vee—ant), adj. (17c) (Of an estate) subject to a
`servitude or easement. See servient estate under ESTATE
`(4). [Cases: Easements 0:31.]
`servient estate. See ESTATE (4).
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`servient property. See servient estate under ESTATE (4).
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