Complete Definition of "summons"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�s�m�nz/

Etymology 1
From Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from popular Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summonere �to summon�.

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. A call to do something, especially to come.
  2. law A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.

Translations
trans-top|call to do something, especially to come
Finnish: t|fi|kutsu
German: Aufforderung f
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trans-top|notice summoning someone to appear in court
Finnish: t|fi|haaste
German: Vorladung f
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ttbc|Japanese: �� (�����, sh�kan)
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Verb
en-verb|summons|es

  1. transitive To serve someone with a summons.

#*2007: It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, summonsed or given a fine. � The Guardian, 15 Mar 2007, p. 1

Etymology 2
Inflected forms.

Verb
summons

  1. third person singular of|summon

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