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[suhm-uhnz]

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noun

an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.

a request, demand, or call to do something: a summons to surrender.

Law.

a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer.

the writ by which the call is made.

an authoritative call or notice to appear at a specified place, as for a particular purpose or duty.

a call issued for the meeting of an assembly or parliament.

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verb (used with object)

to serve with a summons; summon.

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a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing

a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases

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Origin:
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 -mons·es.

Example Sentences

Many drivers go into summons shock over the stiff penalties.

Little as he summons up the courage to knock on his first door.

Then, one day, she summons the courage to invite a regular customer to dinner.

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Many drivers go into summons shock over the stiff penalties.

Little as he summons up the courage to knock on his first door.

Then, one day, she summons the courage to invite a regular customer to dinner.

It's always night in the world of sea vents-until a film crew summons the power to illuminate the abyss.

The prosecutor removed one sentence from the part of his summons where the purported crimes are described.

The committee summons deans and department heads to appear in person to answer questions.

Since the courts do not have the resources to pursue them, those who ignore the jury summons suffer no penalty.

Another click summons the exact amounts of political donations he has made.

No one was arrested, but several people received summons to appear before grand juries.

The police are accused of routinely issuing unsubstantiated disorderly conduct summons to the homeless.

Receiving a summons and having the charges dropped after pleaing to a court diversion program doesn't count.

In jungles throughout the world, the sinking sun summons a menagerie of rarely seen.

After that, it's all fun and games until someone summons an honest-to-goodness succubus.

People wake up to the summons of an alarm, keep an eye on the kitchen clock while making breakfast, check the time.

Sustainability summons us to a supposedly higher good.

Getting drunk and lost after a party is different when one push of a button summons the parental chauffeur.

Sweeney also was issued a summons for reckless driving, the sergeant said.

The occasional plastic plant wrapped among the metal summons the trapped aura of nature into the cramped trucks.

Philips has introduced a new product that detects when an elderly person falls, and automatically summons help.

The judge forbade that defense from even going before the jury, and isn't likely to summons another jury toward that end.

Brown, said he did not have a file on the summons and did not recall where his client lived or worked.

She sometimes uses her hearse to run errands because it is less likely to receive a summons for illegal parking, she said.

They look outside and find a problem, which summons their life.

For starters, they should give out more speeding summons.

Watching this beat-the-clock production summons the frustrations of riding.

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verb (used with object)

to call upon to do something specified.

to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call.

to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court: to summon a defendant.

to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.

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

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

Synonyms
1-3. See call.

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World English Dictionary

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 summon]

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Word Origin & History

summon

c.1200, from Anglo-Fr., O.Fr. sumundre "summon," from V.L. *summundre "to call, cite," from L. summonere "hint to," from sub "under" + monere "warn, advise" (see monitor). Summons "authoritative call to be at a certain place for a certain purpose" is late 13c., from O.Fr.

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sumunse, noun use of fem. pp. of somondre. Summoner "petty officer who cites persons to appear in court" is from early 14c.; contracted form sumner is from mid-14c.

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