summons
noun
[ ˈsʌm(ə)nz ]
• an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.
• "a summons for non-payment of a parking ticket"
Similar:
writ,
subpoena,
warrant,
arraignment,
indictment,
court order,
process,
citation,
subpoena ad testificandum,
order,
directive,
command,
instruction,
dictum,
demand,
decree,
injunction,
fiat,
edict,
direction,
charge,
bidding,
call,
request,
invitation,
plea,
appeal,
summons
verb
• serve (someone) with a summons.
• "he has been summonsed to appear in court next month"
Similar:
serve with a summons,
summon,
cite,
serve with a citation,
serve with a writ,
subpoena,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sumunse, from an alteration of Latin summonita, feminine past participle of summonere (see summon).
summon
verb
• order (someone) to be present.
• "a waiter was summoned"
Similar:
send for,
call for,
ask for,
request the presence of,
demand the presence of,
ask,
invite,
bid,
• make an effort to produce (a particular quality or reaction) from within oneself.
• "she managed to summon up a smile"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French somondre, from Latin summonere ‘give a hint’, later ‘call, summon’, from sub- ‘secretly’ + monere ‘warn’.
