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sum⋅mons

  [suhm-uhnz] noun, plural -mons⋅es, verb
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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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME somons < AF; OF somonse < VL *summonsa, for L summonita, fem. ptp. of summonēre; see summon
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sum·mons   (sŭm'ənz)   
n.   pl. sum·mons·es

  1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something.

  2. Law

    1. A notice summoning a defendant to appear in court.

    2. A notice summoning a person to report to court as a juror or witness.

tr.v.   sum·monsed, sum·mons·ing, sum·mons·es Law
To serve a court summons to.

[Middle English somons, from Old French somonse, from feminine past participle of somondre, to summon; see summon.]
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Main Entry: summons
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: sum·monsed /-m&nzd/; sum·mons·ing /-m&n-zi[ng]/
: SUMMON; especially : to bring into court by a summons summonsed to serve as a trial juror>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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