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subpoena, subpena (s); subpoenas, subpenas (pl) (noun forms)
1. A written legal order summoning a witness or requiring evidence to be submitted to a court or similar deliberative law body: "A subpoena was sent out to the man requiring him to testify as a witness to the criminal act that he saw when he was at the bank during the robbery."
2. A written order which commands a person to appear in court to give evidence or testimony: "Two people received subpoenas to submit her bank records."
This entry is located in the following unit: sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su- (page 6)
subpoena, subpoenas, subpoenaed, subpoenaing (verb forms)
1. To order someone to appear in court to give evidence in a legal case: "She was subpoenaed to give her testimony during the trial."
2. To issue a legal order to someone or for something: "The prosecutor subpoenaed the defendant's financial records."
This entry is located in the following unit: sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su- (page 6)