a summons to testify

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• summons — sum·mons 1 / sə mənz/ n pl sum·mons·es / mən zəz/: a written notification that one is required to appear in court: as a: a document in a civil suit that is issued by an authorized judicial officer (as a clerk of court) and delivered to a… …   Law dictionary

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• obtestation — É‘bte steɪʃn / É’b n. entreat; plea; summons to testify; emphatic opposition …   English contemporary dictionary

• obtestations — É‘bte steɪʃn / É’b n. entreat; plea; summons to testify; emphatic opposition …   English contemporary dictionary

• Summonses — Summons Sum mons, n.; pl. {Summonses}. [OE. somouns, OF. sumunse, semonse, semonce, F. semonce, semondre to summon, OF. p. p. semons. See {Summon}, v.] 1. The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English