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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Outrider :: Outrider (n.) A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.
Call :: Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.
Summon :: Summon (v. t.) To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up..
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..
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..
Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
Array :: Array (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Somner :: Somner (n.) A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court..
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
Contumacy :: Contumacy (n.) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat..
Sompnour :: Sompnour (n.) A summoner.
Beckon :: Beckon (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand..
Minaret :: Minaret (n.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin..
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration..
Latitat :: Latitat (n.) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
Knell :: Knell (v. t.) To summon, as by a knell..
Requisition :: Requisition (v. t.) To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate..
Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon..
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