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Alarm :: Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy..

Summonses :: Summoner (v. t.) One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na..

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..

Cital :: Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge..

Resummons :: Resummons (n.) A second summons.

Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession..

Convoke :: Convoke (v. t.) To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

Convocation :: Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.

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..

Call :: Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.

Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..

Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) A official summons or citation.

Summons :: Summons (v.) The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty..

Monition :: Monition (n.) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.

Call :: Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church..

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..

Call :: Call (n.) The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call..

Citation :: Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

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