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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Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy..
Sumner :: Summons (v. t.) To summon.
Cital :: Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Call :: Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church..
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.
Call :: Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.
Somner :: Somner (n.) A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court..
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..
Citation :: Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Convoke :: Convoke (v. t.) To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) A official summons or citation.
Resummons :: Resummons (n.) A second summons.
Surrender :: Surrender (v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons..
Convocation :: Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.
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..
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.
Monition :: Monition (n.) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
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