Definition of summon

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Summon (v. t.) To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up..

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Latitat :: Latitat (n.) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..
Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..
Summoning :: Summoned (imp. & p. p.) of Summo.
Calling :: Calling (n.) The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
Citation :: Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Panel :: Panel (n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury..
Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing..
Pospolite :: Pospolite (n.) A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country..
Resummons :: Resummons (n.) A second summons.
Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
Advoke :: Advoke (v. t.) To summon; to call.
Knoll :: Knoll (v. t.) To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing..
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction..
Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To summon; to challenge.
Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession..
Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To call; to summon.
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting..
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