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serve notice

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Source Word

serve notice

Verb

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

法律上、正式に通知を出すこと（通知状の送達など） / 警告または告知すること / 慣用的に、解雇する・雇用関係を正式に終了させること

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The landlord decided to serve notice to the tenants after repeated lease violations.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

家主は繰り返される賃貸契約違反を受けて、入居者に正式な通知を出すことにした。

Sense（1）

(law) To officially give a legal notice to.

One who desires to assert his right to the possession of a horse by virtue of his lien must ascertain the real owner and serve notice on him.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

To warn or announce.

Those same philosophy articles then immediately serve notice that, for simplicity, they will discuss only belief.

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Sense（3）

(idiomatic) To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association.

"One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him."

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

serves notice

（ present singular third-person ）

serving notice

（ participle present ）

served notice

（ participle past ）

served notice

（ past ）

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