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Summons

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Noun

1. bidding, summons

a request to be present

Example Sentences:
'they came at his bidding'

2. summons

an order to appear in person at a given place and time

3. process, summons

a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

Verb

4. cite, summon, summons

call in an official matter, such as to attend court

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Summons

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noun plural -monses
1. 
a call, signal, or order to do something, esp to appear in person or attend at a specified place or time
2. 
a. 
an official order requiring a person to attend court, either to answer a charge or to give evidence
b. 
the writ making such an order
Compare warrant
3. 
a call or command given to the members of an assembly to convene a meeting
verb
4. 
to take out a summons against (a person)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Summons

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nounWord forms: plural ˈsummonses
1. 
a. 
an order or command to come, attend, appear, or perform some action
b.  Law
an official order to appear in court, specif. to respond as a defendant to a charge; also, the writ containing such an order
2. 
a call, command, knock, or other signal that summons
verb transitive
3.  Informal
to serve a court summons upon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Summons

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n. pl. sum·mons·es
1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something.
2. Law
a. An order or process directing a person, especially a defendant in a case, to appear in court.
b. An order or process directing a person to report to court as a potential juror.
tr.v. sum·monsed, sum·mons·ing, sum·mons·es
Law
1. To order to appear in or report to court by means of a summons: the defendant was summonsed to the district court.
2. To serve with a summons.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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