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subpoena

/ subpoena /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 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
Type of:
writ judicial writ
Domain:
law jurisprudence
verb Sense 2
serve or summon with a subpoena
"The witness and her records were subpoenaed"
Type of:
serve process swear out
Derived:
subpoena ad testificandum
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
85%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
6
Times Searched
3
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writ judicial writ serve process swear out