Lat. In the ecclesias-tical courts, service of a decree or citation viis ef modis, i. e., by ail “ways and means” likely to afTect the party wlth knowledge of Its contents, is equlvalent to substituted service in the temporal courts, and is op-posed to personal servlce. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1258, 1283
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)