serve a writ on meaning

(law)
  To deliver a summons to

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1. The Earl served a writ on the GIOH, which was duly wound up and its assets auctioned to defray its debts.
2. Director Renee van Zyl of the South African Civil Aviation Bureau then served a writ on Botha and the Swiss auspices in Zurich.
3. In 1330 Thomas de Natindon, who was a legal representative of the Pope, was sent there to serve a writ on the archbishop.
4. He suffered a setback, however, in 1625 when he served a writ on Sir Thomas Merry, a servant of the King who owed Woodall money.
5. He has served a writ on his club and the Premier League demanding the option of a free transfer to another English club when his contract runs out this summer.