subpoena
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /səˈpiːnə/
subpoena
- (legal, historical) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim.
- 1874, W.S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury
- Summoned by a stern subpoena Edwin sued by Angelina Shortly will appear.
- 1874, W.S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury
- (legal) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
- witness summons (British)
- French: citation
- German: Zwangsvorladung, Vorladung, Auskunftsanordnung
- Italian: convocazione, citazione
- Portuguese: intimação, citação
- Russian: пове́стка
- Spanish: citación, requerimiento
subpoena (subpoenas, present participle subpoenaing; past and past participle subpoenaed)
- (transitive) To summon with a subpoena.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 10,
- Why not subpoena as well the clerical proficients?
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 10,
- German: zwangsvorladen
- Italian: citare
- Portuguese: citar
- Russian: вы́звать в суд повестка
- Spanish: citar, citar a declarar
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