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View usage for: (sʌmənz) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense summonses, present participle summonsing, past tense, past participle summonsed1. countable nounA summons is an order to come and see someone. I received a summons to the Palace. 2. countable nounA summons is an official order to appear in court. She had received a summons to appear in court. Synonyms: court order, warrant, writ, subpoena More Synonyms of summons 3. verb [usually passive]If someone is summonsed, they are officially ordered to appear in court. The men were summonsed and last week 30 appeared before Hove magistrates. [be VERB-ed] She has been summonsed to appear at St Albans magistrates' court. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive] Synonyms: serve with a writ, summon, subpoena, cite More Synonyms of summons More Synonyms of summons summons in British English (ˈsʌmənz) nounWord forms: plural -monses1. a call, signal, or order to do something, esp to appear in person or attend at a specified place or time 2. 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. a call or command given to the members of an assembly to convene a meeting verb4. to take out a summons against (a person) Word origin C13: from Old French somonse, from somondre to summonsummons in American English (ˈsʌmənz) nounWord forms: plural ˈsummonses1. a. an order or command to come, attend, appear, or perform some action b. Law an official order to appear in court, specif. to respond as a defendant to a charge; also, the writ containing such an order 2. a call, command, knock, or other signal that summons verb transitive3. Informal to serve a court summons upon Word origin ME somounce < Anglo-Fr somonse < OFr sumunse < pp. of somondre: see summon Examples of 'summons' in a sentencesummons They have failed to show up despite court summons and legal requirements to turn up.The summons comes in the form of a telegram to the secretary of her work unit.Failure to comply can lead to a court summons.Let us rise to answer its summons.Drivers will still face a court summons for more serious offences.He failed to answer a summons three years ago.You might suddenly have received a court summons because of unpaid bills or you may have just lost your job.Miff demanded that it be put in writing and doubtless the headmaster served summons on his pupil in the standard manner.Offenders will now get court summons.The call was a summons to be at work by 1am.She managed to postpone serving when she received her first summons and successfully avoided serving a second time by claiming to have toothache.He was allowed to drive home but has been told to produce his motoring documents within a week ahead of a court summons.He went in without knocking, as was his usual practice when answering a summons.They sent him a court summons, which should have gone to his parents because of his age.Crucially, disclosure of the evidence must also be made to the defendants when they are served with their summons.Although he had no choice but to answer a summons to battle, he is likely to have been sick with regret.If they ignore this initial warning, the next letter they receive could be a court summons from the affected record or film company.Only 1.4 million crimes were detected and just 47 per cent of those resulted in a charge or summons.The 22-year-old is likely to receive a court summons, although he could be sent fordriver training instead.The overall proportion of offences leading to a charge or summons is 15.5 per cent, more than double that for burglaries.At the recruiting depot yesterday the first of the married men between the ages of 27 and 35 answered the summons to rejoin the colours.I am very much afraid that I come bearing a summons. In other languagessummons British English: summons NOUN A summons is an order to come and see someone. I received a summons to the Warden's office. - American English: summons
- Brazilian Portuguese: intimação
- Chinese: 召见令
- European Spanish: citación
- French: convocation
- German: Vorladung
- Italian: citazione
- Japanese: 呼び出しの命令
- Korean: 호출장
- European Portuguese: intimação
- Latin American Spanish: citación
Definition a call or an order to attend a specified place at a specified time a summons to the palace Definition an official order requiring a person to attend court, either to answer a charge or to give evidence She had received a summons to appear in court. Synonyms court order warrant subpoena arraignment Definition to order (someone) to appear in court The men were summonsed to appear before Hove magistrates. Synonyms serve with a writ summon subpoena serve with a summons Additional synonymsDefinition a summons or invitation There was a call by the trade unions for members to stay home for the duration of the strike. Synonyms request, order, demand, appeal, notice, command, announcement, invitation, plea, summons, supplication (formal) Definition to summon to appear before a court of law The judge ruled a mistrial and cited the prosecutors for gross misconduct. Synonyms summon, call, subpoena Definition an authoritative instruction that something must be done The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop. Synonyms order, demand, direction, instruction, dictate, requirement, decree, bidding, mandate, canon, directive, injunction, fiat, ultimatum, commandment, edict, behest, precept- summer
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Additional synonymsDefinition a formal statement his dictum that the priority of the government must be the health of the people Synonyms decree, order, demand, statement, command, dictate, canon, fiat, edict, pronouncementDefinition an instruction Thanks to a new directive, labelling will be more specific. Synonyms order, ruling, regulation, charge, notice, command, instruction, dictate, decree, mandate, canon, injunction, imperative, fiat, ordinance, edictDefinition a decree or order given by any authority In 1741 Catherine the Great issued an edict of toleration for Buddhism. Synonyms decree, law, act, order, ruling, demand, command, regulation, dictate, mandate, canon, manifesto, injunction, statute, fiat, ordinance, proclamation, enactment, dictum, pronouncement, ukase (rare), pronunciamento Definition a direction or order No reason for this instruction was given. Synonyms order, ruling, command, rule, demand, direction, regulation, dictate, decree, mandate, directive, injunction, behestDefinition a request to attend a dance, meal, etc. He received an invitation to lunch. Synonyms request, call, invite (informal), bidding, summonsDefinition the act or an instance of asking for something They agreed to his request for help. Synonyms appeal, call, demand, plea, desire, application, prayer, petition, requisition, solicitation, entreaty, supplication (formal), suitDefinition a formal legal document ordering a person to do or not to do something He issued a writ against one of his critics. Synonyms summons, document, decree, indictment, court order, subpoena, arraignment |