Summons

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something.
  • n. Law A notice summoning a defendant to appear in court.
  • n. Law A notice summoning a person to report to court as a juror or witness.
  • v. Law To serve a court summons to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A call to do something, especially to come.
  • n. A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
  • v. To serve someone with a summons.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of summon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A demand to surrender.
  • v. To summon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A call, especially by authority or the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some public duty; an invitation, request, or order to go to or appear at some place, or to do some other specified thing; a call with more or less earnestness or insistence.
  • In law, a call by authority to appear in a court or before a judicial officer; also, the document by which such call is given; a citation to appear before a judge or magistrate.
  • Milit., a call to surrender.
  • To serve with a summons; summon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. call in an official matter, such as to attend court
  • n. a request to be present
  • n. an order to appear in person at a given place and time
  • n. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
  • Verb Form
    summoned    summoning    summonsed    summonses    summonsing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    invitation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    summon    call    invocation    citation    bide    calling    alarum    larum    roll call    subpoena   
    Verb Stem
    summon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts