Definition of summons

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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..

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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..
Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession..
Summons :: Summonses (pl. ) of Summon.
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..
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting..
Somonce :: Somonce (n.) A summons; a citation.
Somner :: Somner (n.) A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Citation :: Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Convocation :: Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Co-respondent :: Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
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..
Cital :: Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge..
Convoke :: Convoke (v. t.) To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
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..
Invocation :: Invocation (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court..
Monition :: Monition (n.) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
Call :: Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.
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