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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Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..
Cital :: Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat..
Evoke :: Evoke (v. t.) To call out; to summon forth.
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..
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..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons..
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..
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..
Preconizate :: Preconizate (v. t.) To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call..
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic..
Sumoom :: Sumner (n.) A summoner.
Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing..
Pospolite :: Pospolite (n.) A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country..
Knell :: Knell (v. t.) To summon, as by a knell..
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting..
Convent :: Convent (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
Repeal :: Repeal (v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons..
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