Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of summons is as below...

Calling :: Calling (n.) A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called..

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

Ban :: Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation..

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

Sumner :: Summons (v. t.) To summon.

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

Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.

Invocation :: Invocation (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court..

Summons :: Summons (v.) A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like..

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

Surrender :: Surrender (v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons..

Summons :: Summons (v.) A demand to surrender.

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..

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

Venire Facias :: Venire facias () A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.

Somonce :: Somonce (n.) A summons; a citation.

Random Fonts

Most Popular