Why Do Courts Need to Accomplish a Service of Process

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why do courts need to accomplish a service of process?

• A)to obtain personal jurisdiction over the plaintiff in a lawsuit
• B)to obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant in a lawsuit
• C)to obtain jurisdiction to hear a case where the court has jurisdiction over the property in the lawsuit
• D)to obtain jurisdiction over nonresidents who were not served summons within the state

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Definitions:

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A statement in statistics that suggests there is no significant effect or difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

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Null Hypothesis

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