Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.)

Madam, I entreat true peace of you,
Which I will purchase with my duteous service. Shak.

God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. Tillotson.

I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. Shak.

This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. Dryden.

To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? Macaulay.

The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. Coleridge.

When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. Spenser.

The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. L'Estrange.

There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. Hakewill.

Service book, a prayer book or missal. - - Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. -- Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. -- Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. -- Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. -- Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. Tomlinson. -- To accept service. (Law) See under Accept. -- To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war.