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plural subpoenas or subpoenae or subpoenæ
(law, historical) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim. quotations
Summoned by a stern subpoena Edwin sued by Angelina Shortly will appear.
1874, W.S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury
(law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony. examples
third-person singular simple present subpoenas, present participle subpoenaing, simple past and past participle subpoenaed
(transitive) To summon with a subpoena. quotations examples
Why not subpoena as well the clerical proficients?
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 10, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.