Process servers have a reputation of delivering subpoenas to weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, any place, anytime.

The Government tactics, which included nighttime visits to traders' houses to deliver subpoenas, seem intended to make maximum use of fear to obtain information.

F.B.I. agents entering the community to deliver subpoenas said their cars were surrounded by Hasidim in a threatening way, and one court-appointed administrator was locked in a room and intimidated into handing over teacher paychecks.

Federal agents delivered subpoenas to eight more futures traders this week, defense lawyers said today.

The prosecutors have also taken the unusual step of delivering subpoenas to as many as a dozen lawyers who represented Mr. Chang after persuading him to waive the attorney-client privilege.

It provides readers with a sort of control-group male: Richard, the Dobbins' likable bachelor baby brother, who delivers subpoenas for a living and always has a girlfriend.

In November, Mrs. Pirro convened a grand jury and delivered subpoenas to six county agencies and departments.

Last month investigators from the F.B.I. delivered subpoenas to the governor's office and the State Treasury and Agriculture Departments.

Your honor, last night my investigator delivered subpoenas to Larry Gunderson and William Minkins.

As part of an investigation, Jeanine F. Pirro, the Westchester County district attorney, has been delivering subpoenas to county agencies and the City Council.