serving a summons or other legal document in a lawsuit on a defendant by publishing
the document in an advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation. Service
by publication is used to give "constructive notice" to a defendant who is intentionally
absent, in hiding, unknown (as a possible descendant of a former landowner), and
only when allowed by a judge's order based on a sworn declaration of the inability
to find the defendant after "due diligence" (trying hard). Service by publication
is commonly used in a divorce action to serve a spouse who has disappeared without
leaving a forwarding address or to give notice to people who might have a right
to object to a "quiet title" action to clear title to real property.
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