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- Dictionarysum·mons/ˈsəmənz/
noun
- 1. an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing it: "a summons for nonpayment of a parking ticket" Similar
verb
- 1. serve (someone) with a summons: "he has been summonsed to appear in court next month"
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The meaning of SUMMONS is the act of summoning; especially : a call by authority to appear at a place named or to attend to a duty. How to use summons in a sentence.
to order someone to come to a person or place: The police mobile rapid response unit was summonsed to the scene shortly before 10pm. Children were summonsed into school by a bell.
1. : to issue a call to convene : convoke. 2. : to command by service of a summons to appear in court. 3. : to call upon for specified action. 4. : to bid to come : send for. summon a physician. 5. : to call forth : evoke often used with up. summonable. ˈsə-mə-nə-bəl. adjective. summoner. ˈsə-mə-nər. ˈsəm-nər. noun. Synonyms. call. hail.
to order someone come to a particular place, or to officially tell someone to be present: The president summoned an emergency meeting of his advisers. I have been summoned to appear in court. To summon is also to find, call, or gather together something for use: I couldn't summon any strength.
summons. / ˈsʌmənz / noun. a call, signal, or order to do something, esp to appear in person or attend at a specified place or time. an official order requiring a person to attend court, either to answer a charge or to give evidence. the writ making such an order Compare warrant.
A summons is a request or order for someone to show up, especially for legal matters. You could get a summons to testify at a trial, for example.
to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call. to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court: to summon a defendant. to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.
Definition of summon verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something. 2. Law. a. An order or process directing a person, especially a defendant in a case, to appear in court. b. An order or process directing a person to report to court as a potential juror. tr.v. sum·monsed, sum·mons·ing, sum·mons·es Law.
Definition of summons noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
