summons
Meanings
Plural: summonses
Noun
- a request to be present
- an order to appear in person at a given place and time
- 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
- A call to do something, especially to come.
- A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
- A demand for surrender.
- plural of summon
Verb
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- ask to come
- gather or bring together
- make ready for action or use
- To serve someone with a summons.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of summon
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).
Synonyms
bidding, cite, come up, marshal, mobilise, mobilize, muster, muster up, process, rally, summon
Scrabble Score: 11
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