Definition of summons

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Summons (v.) The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty..

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Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) A official summons or citation.
Summons :: Summons (v.) The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty..
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..
Sumner :: Summons (v. t.) To summon.
Somonce :: Somonce (n.) A summons; a citation.
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..
Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
Summons :: Summons (v.) A demand to surrender.
Invocation :: Invocation (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court..
Venire Facias :: Venire facias () A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.
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..
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy..
Summons :: Summons (v.) A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession..
Convocation :: Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Cital :: Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge..
Call :: Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
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..
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