Associations to the word «Subpoena»

Wiktionary

SUBPOENA, noun. (legal) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
SUBPOENA, verb. To summon with a subpoena.
SUBPŒNA, noun. Obsolete spelling of subpoena
SUBPŒNA, verb. Obsolete spelling of subpoena
SUBPOENA AD TESTIFICANDUM, noun. (legal) 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
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM, noun. (legal) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony, and to bring something (usually documents) to accompany that testimony.

Dictionary definition

SUBPOENA, noun. 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.
SUBPOENA, verb. Serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin