summons

sum·mons  (smnz)

n. pl. sum·mons·es

1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something.

2. Law

a. A notice summoning a defendant to appear in court.

b. A notice summoning a person to report to court as a juror or witness.

tr.v. sum·monsed, sum·mons·ing, sum·mons·es Law

To serve a court summons to.

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[Middle English somons, from Old French somonse, from feminine past participle of somondre, to summon; see summon.]

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summons [ˈsʌmənz]

n pl -monses

1. a call, signal, or order to do something, esp to appear in person or attend at a specified place or time

2. (Law)

a.  an official order requiring a person to attend court, either to answer a charge or to give evidence

b.  the writ making such an order Compare warrant

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a call or command given to the members of an assembly to convene a meeting

vb

(Law) to take out a summons against (a person)

[from Old French somonse, from somondre to summon]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	summons - a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" bidding invitation - a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"
	2.	summons - an order to appear in person at a given place and time order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" call up - an order to report for military duty
	3.	summons - a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant process judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer citation - a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding process of monition, monition - a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted ticket - a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Verb	1.	summons - call in an official matter, such as to attend court summon, cite vouch - summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" demand - summon to court

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summons

noun

1. order, call, command, request, instruction, invitation, directive, edict, dictum a summons to the palace

2. court order, warrant, writ, subpoena, arraignment She had received a summons to appear in court.

verb

serve with a writ, summon, subpoena, cite, serve with a summons The men were summonsed to appear before Hove magistrates.

Translations

summons [ˈsʌmənz]

A. N (summonses (pl)) (Jur) → citación f judicial, emplazamiento m (fig) → llamada f
he got a summons for drink driving → recibió una citación por conducir borracho
she received a summons to appear in court → recibió una citación para presentarse en el juzgado
to serve a summons on sb → entregar una citación a algn
to take out a summons against sb → entablar demanda contra algn, citar a algn(para estrados)

B. VT → citar, emplazar
she has been summonsed to appear in court → ha sido citada or emplazada a presentarse en el juzgado

summons [ˈsʌmənz]

n

(LAW) → assignation f à comparaître
to serve a summons on sb → assigner qn à comparaître
to be served a summons → recevoir une assignation à comparaître, être assigné(e) à comparaître

(order to go and see sb) → convocation f

vt (LAW) → citer, assigner

summons

n

(Jur) → Vorladung f; to take out a summons against somebody → jdn vorladen lassen, jdn vor Gericht laden

(= order to appear etc) → Aufruf m, → Aufforderung f; he received a summons to see the boss → er wurde zum Chef gerufen, er wurde aufgefordert, zum Chef zu kommen

vt (Jur) → vorladen

summons [ˈsʌmənz]

1. n (-es (pl)) (Law) → citazione f, mandato di comparizione
to serve a summons on sb → notificare una citazione a qn

2. vt → citare (in giudizio)