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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.
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Summonses
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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.
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