Definition of summons

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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..

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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..
Summons :: Summons (v.) A demand to surrender.
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..
Convoke :: Convoke (v. t.) To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
Convocation :: Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Ban :: Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation..
Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) A official summons or citation.
Summons :: Summonses (pl. ) of Summon.
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Cital :: Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge..
Citation :: Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Invocation :: Invocation (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court..
Resummons :: Resummons (n.) A second summons.
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..
Sumner :: Summons (v. t.) To summon.
Summonses :: Summoner (v. t.) One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor..
Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
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..
Calling :: Calling (n.) A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called..
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy..
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