subpoena
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(law) A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
Đồng nghĩa: witness summons, order to attend court, citation, invocation, subpoena, summons, writ of summons
- 2.
(historical)(historical, law) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852.
- 3.
(figuratively)(figurative) A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)(law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).
- 2.
(transitive)(law) To require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding.
- 3.
(figuratively, transitive)(figurative) To compel or summon (someone or something); to demand.
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The noun sense is derived from Late Middle English sub pena, from Latin - sub + poena, from the opening words of the writ. The verb sense is derived from the noun one.