In praotioe. A writ, di-rected to the sheriff or other proper officer, requiring him to notify tbe pereon named that an action has been commenced against him in the court whence the writ issues, and that he is required to appear, on a day nani-ed, and answer the complaint in such action, whitney v. Blackburn, 17 or. 564, 21 Pac. 874, 11 Am. St. Rep. 857; Horton v. Railway Co., 26 Mo. App. 358; Plano Mfg. Co. ▼. Kau-fert, 86 Minn. 13, 89 N. W. 1124
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
