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Service of Summons in ordinary Cases.
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XXXII. Service of any Writ of Summons and Plaint on the Defendant shall be effected either by Delivery of a Copy of such Writ to the Defendant in Person, if it be reasonably practicable, and in other Cases, and where it shall appear by the Affidavit of Service herein-after mentioned that such Defendant is personally within the Jurisdiction, and that due and reasonable Diligence has been exercised in endeavouring to effect such Personal Service, and without Effect, in such Case it shall be sufficient to make Service of such Writ by leaving such Copy at the Defendant’s House or Place of Residence, or at his Office. Warehouse, Counting-house, Shop, Factory, or Place of Business, with the Wife, Child, Father, Mother, Brother, or Sister of the Defendant, or with any Servant or Clerk of the Defendant, (the Person with whom such Copy shall be left being of the Age of Sixteen Years or upwards,) and showing to such Person the Original or duplicate Original of such Summons and Plaint.
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