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Subpoena

verb

(past & past part. subpoenaed; pres. part. subpoenaing)

Serve or summon with a subpoena.

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"Subpoena" Quotes from Famous Books

... I think, Jervis," said he. "Yes; coroner's subpoena and a very civil letter: 'sorry to trouble you, but I had no choice under the circumstances'—of course he hadn't—'Dr. Davidson has arranged to make the autopsy to-morrow at 4 p.m., and I should be glad if you could be present. The mortuary is in ...

— John Thorndyke's Cases • R. Austin Freeman

... 'It's only a subpoena in Bardell and Pickwick on behalf of the plaintiff,' replied Jackson, singling out one of the slips of paper, and producing a shilling from his waistcoat pocket. 'It'll come on, in the settens after Term: fourteenth of Febooary, we expect; we've marked it a special jury cause, and it's only ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... Tallifero. He wants to know if you'll consent to appear before the Joint Congressional Committee for Investigating Military Affairs. I get the feeling that if you say 'no,' they'll send a formal invitation—something on the order of a subpoena." ...

— By Proxy • Gordon Randall Garrett

... were entered in a variety of odd ways. In Lambeth (1685), George Speedwell is put down as "a merry begot;" Anne Twine is "filia uniuscujusque." At Croydon, a certain William is "terraefilius" (1582), an autochthonous infant. Among the queer names of foundlings are "Nameless," "Godsend," "Subpoena," and "Moyses and Aaron, two children found," not in the bulrushes, ...

— Books and Bookmen • Andrew Lang

Words linked to "Subpoena" : judicial writ, process, writ, jurisprudence, serve, swear out, law