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Verb
/səˈpēnə/,
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subpoenas, plural;
  1. Summon (someone) with a subpoena
    • - the Queen is above the law and cannot be subpoenaed
  2. Require (a document or other evidence) to be submitted to a court of law
    • - the decision to subpoena government records
Noun
  1. A writ ordering a person to attend a court
    • - a subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance
    • - they were all under subpoena to appear
  1. a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
  2. serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"
  3. A subpoena (or) is a writ by a government agency, most often a court, that has authority to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure. ...
  4. A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony; To summon with a subpoena
  5. Alternative spelling of subpoena; Alternative spelling of subpoena
  6. (Subpoenas) Court orders which, if properly served, compel the attendance of the witness in court; also referred to as a Summons.
  7. (Subpoenas) One of the five methods of discovery, a subpoena is a discovery method used to obtain evidence from third parties, who are not involved in the action. Non-parties can be asked to produce documents, or attend depositions when they are served with a subpoena.
  8. A legal process ordering a witness to appear and give testimony or to present documents under penalty of law.
  9. An official notice which is usually served by a process server and which requires someone to appear in court.
  10. A formal document that orders a named individual to appear before a duly authorized body at a fixed time to give testimony.
  11. A court order requiring a person to appear in court and give testimony.
  12. A document signed by a member of the Commission or an authorized representative, which compels the attendance of a person at Commission proceedings and may require the person to bring with him/her designated items as specified on the order.
  13. A notice that you (or something you have) must appear in a certain court at a certain time, to be a witness (or evidence) at a trial.
  14. An order to come to court, which is mailed to the witness or personally delivered.
  15. An official order to go to court at a stated time. Subpoenas are commonly used to tell witnesses to come to court to testify in a trial.
  16. A court order to attend a legal proceeding such as a trial or deposition. If documents are also requested, the subpoena is called a subpoena duces tecum, Latin for "bring with you. ...
  17. a form issued by the court requiring someone to appear in court and/or bring documents.
  18. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court. It must be served on the person subpoenaed to be valid.
  19. A document that requires a witness to appear at a hearing.
  20. A command to appear at a certain time and place to give testimony upon a certain matter.
  21. A summons to appear in court at a specific time to testify or bring designated documents, or both.
  22. A writ which commands the appearance of a person or the production of specified documents in a court.
  23. A command issued by an officer of the court (usually the clerk) directed to persons or business entities to require them to produce themselves or documents and things that may be admitted in evidence. In some states attorneys licensed to practice before the local court can issue subpoenas. ...
  24. an order of the court for a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify and/or produce documents in the control of the witness (if a "subpoena duces tecum failure to appear as required by the subpoena can be punished as contempt of court if it appears the absence was intentional ...
  25. A court order to summon (make) a witness come to court to give evidence and/or bring documents to court.