subpoenaed

[ suh-pee-nuhd, suhb- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Law.

(of a witness or evidence) required by a subpoena to appear or be submitted before a court or other deliberative body:
The subpoenaed recordings include over 33 hours of conversations, mostly between the defendant and his parents and brother.

First recorded in 1840–45; subpoena + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; subpoena + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Stetson was investigated, subpoenaed, and forced to testify in March 1924 about the source of her funds.

And that data, which is generally used for marketing purposes, could easily be subpoenaed as well.

And, of course, when the Bush administration subpoenaed the phone records of journalists, that was a very different thing.

News of an expanded investigation–with a subpoenaed paper trail–may be welcome.

New reports say seven banks are being subpoenaed in the investigation.

With others, I was subpoenaed as a witness, and I found the court scene as amusing as the Temple scene was appalling.

We had proceeded but a few days on our journey, when I was subpoenaed as a witness, and had to go to Colesville.

One of the women of the dead apostle's family was subpoenaed to give her testimony in the matter.

Somebody hunted me up and subpoenaed me to testify as to the character of Newcomb.

Useless to assert that he was simply a witness subpoenaed to give evidence at the trial!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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