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noun
1.
an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
2.
a request, demand, or call to do something: a summons to surrender.
3.
Law.
a.
a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer.
b.
the writ by which the call is made.
4.
an authoritative call or notice to appear at a specified place, as for a particular purpose or duty.
5.
a call issued for the meeting of an assembly or parliament.
verb (used with object)
6.
to serve with a summons; summon.
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Summons
is always a great word to know.
So is exception. Does it mean:
| the act of a court in making an order, judgment, or decree; a judicial decision or sentence |
| an objection, as to a ruling of the court in the course of a trial |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English somons < Anglo-French; Old French somonse < Vulgar Latin *summonsa, for Latin summonita, feminine past participle of summonēre; see summon
1250–1300; Middle English somons < Anglo-French; Old French somonse < Vulgar Latin *summonsa, for Latin summonita, feminine past participle of summonēre; see summon
Related forms
non·sum·mons, noun
re·sum·mons, noun, plural re·sum·mons·es.
Example Sentences
- The prosecutor removed one sentence from the part of his summons where the purported crimes are described.
- Another click summons the exact amounts of political donations he has made.
- Little as he summons up the courage to knock on his first door.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to call upon to do something specified.
2.
to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call.
3.
to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court: to summon a defendant.
4.
to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.
5.
to call into action; rouse; call forth (often. followed by up): to summon all one's courage.
Origin:
1175–1225; < Medieval Latin summonēre to summon, Latin: to remind unofficially, suggest, equivalent to sum- sum- + monēre to remind, warn; replacing Middle English somonen < Old French semondre, somondre < Vulgar Latin *summonere, Latin summonēre, as above
1175–1225; < Medieval Latin summonēre to summon, Latin: to remind unofficially, suggest, equivalent to sum- sum- + monēre to remind, warn; replacing Middle English somonen < Old French semondre, somondre < Vulgar Latin *summonere, Latin summonēre, as above
Related forms
sum·mon·a·ble, adjective
sum·mon·er, noun
re·sum·mon, verb (used with object)
un·sum·mon·a·ble, adjective
un·sum·moned, adjective
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| summons (ˈsʌmənz) | |
| —n , pl -monses | |
| 1. | 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. Compare warrant the writ making such an order | |
| 3. | a call or command given to the members of an assembly to convene a meeting |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to take out a summons against (a person) |
| [C13: from Old French somonse, from somondre to | |
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