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:

Probability Distribution

A statistical function that defines the possible values and likelihoods that a random variable can take within a given range.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the variability or spread in a population data set.

Height of the Curve

In statistics, this typically refers to the peak point of a probability distribution curve, indicating the most probable outcome.

Continuous Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take an infinite number of possible values within a given range.