Associations to the word «Subpoena»

Wiktionary

SUBPOENA, noun. (legal) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
SUBPOENA, verb. To summon with a subpoena.
SUBPŒNA, noun. Obsolete spelling of subpoena
SUBPŒNA, verb. Obsolete spelling of subpoena
SUBPOENA AD TESTIFICANDUM, noun. (legal) A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial  proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM, noun. (legal) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony, and to bring something (usually documents) to accompany that testimony.

Dictionary definition

SUBPOENA, noun. A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court.
SUBPOENA, verb. Serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats