summons

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsʌ.mənz/

Noun

summons (plural summonses)

1. A call to do something, especially to come.

   • special summonses by the king

   • this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey

   • He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon; but neither summons nor pardon was regarded.

2. (legal) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
3. (military) A demand for surrender.

Translations

• French: convocation
• German: Aufforderung
• Italian: convocazione, adunanza
• Portuguese: convocação
• Russian: вы́зов
• Spanish: convocatoria

Translations

• French: citation à comparaître
• German: Vorladung
• Italian: citazione
• Portuguese: intimação
• Russian: пове́стка
• Spanish: citación

Verb

summons (summonses, present participle summonsing; past and past participle summonsed)

1. (transitive) To serve someone with a summons. [17th C.]

Verb

1. third-person singular form of summon

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