Definition of summon

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Summon (v. t.) To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses..

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Specially :: Specially (adv.) For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned..
Somnour :: Somnour (n.) A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.
Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
Tales :: Tales (syntactically sing.) The writ by which such persons are summoned.
Call :: Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty..
Summons :: Summons (v.) A demand to surrender.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Requisition :: Requisition (v. t.) To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate..
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..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Summoning :: Summoned (imp. & p. p.) of Summo.
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting..
Sompne :: Sompne (v. t.) To summon; to cite.
Summon :: Summon (v. t.) To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up..
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..
Resummon :: Resummon (v. t.) To summon again.
Somne :: Somne (v. t.) To summon.
Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..
Summon :: Summon (v. t.) To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses..
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