noun, verb
noun (law) a written order to attend a court of law as a WITNESS to give evidence:
He was served with a subpoena. * She is appearing today under subpoena (= she has been given a subpoena to appear).
verb (law) to order sb to attend a court of law and give evidence as a WITNESS: [VNtoinf] The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness. [also VN]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for subpoena is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does subpoena appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — subpoena appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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