Definition of summon

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Summon (v. t.) To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses..

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Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Churchgoing :: Churchgoing (a.) Summoning to church.
Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..
Exorcise :: Exorcise (v. t.) To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na..
Evocate :: Evocate (v. t.) To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke.
Requisition :: Requisition (v. t.) To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate..
Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..
Tales :: Tales (n.) Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter..
Summoning :: Summoned (imp. & p. p.) of Summo.
Ban :: Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation..
Resummon :: Resummon (v. t.) To summon again.
Summon :: Summon (v. t.) To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up..
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting..
Call :: Call (n.) The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call..
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration..
Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons..
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