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Serve, means to make a legal delivery of (a notice or process) of a copy of the pleading on all interested parties, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1373.

Serve, to serve means 'to perform function; do what is required for, Coal Mines Provident Fund Commissioner v. Ramesh Chander Jha, AIR 1990 SC 648 (649).

1. To make legal delivery of a notice or process 2. To present a person with a notice or process as required by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1372