[
US
/ˈsəmənz/
]
[ UK /sˈʌmənz/ ]
[ UK /sˈʌmənz/ ]
NOUN
-
a request to be present
they came at his bidding - 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
- an order to appear in person at a given place and time
VERB
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
How To Use summons In A Sentence
- The populist leader has dodged the issue of whether he will refuse a judicial summons to answer questions in the dock. Times, Sunday Times
- There's the literal, like Chocobos, Moogles and certain summons; and the less so, like a particular visual and musical aesthetic, or themes of war ethics or class struggles. Archive 2008-04-01
- They are in the nature of a proposed amended writ of summons, a summons for directions and an affidavit in each of the matters and a list of authorities in each of the matters.
- That was by no means forthcoming and on 23 August 1990 the respondent issued an originating summons in the High Court seeking possession.
- He was summonsed to appear in court.
- His death had been a kind of summons; out of his self-willed existence into the service of Cesaria Yaos. GALILEE
- I summonsed a waiter and reminded him of the coffee and asked if he could also bring some black pepper.
- He was summonsed over articles that appeared in Australia and PNG in January expressing concerns over rising crime and the security of his family in PNG.
- He who talks much of his happiness summons grief.
- If you could please refer yourselves to the summons on page 22 of the application book.