{f} serve with a subpena, serve with an official written document summoning a witness to appear in court or requiring that certain evidence be brought before a court (Law)
If someone subpoenas a person, they give them a legal document telling them to attend a court of law and give evidence. If someone subpoenas a piece of evidence, the evidence must be produced in a court of (Hukuk) Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses The investigation will rely on existing powers to subpoena documents. a written order to come to a court of law and be a witness (sub poena (the first words of the written order)). subpoenaed to order someone to come to a court of law and be a witness. In law, a writ commanding the person upon whom it has been served to appear in court or before a congressional committee, grand jury, or some other body, under a penalty for failure to comply. Unlike a summons, a subpoena may command the recipient to produce evidence necessary to the resolution of a legal matter or controversy
{f} serve with a subpoena, serve with an official written document summoning a witness to appear in court or requiring that certain evidence be brought before a court (Law)
A document issued by a court or administrative agency to compel a person to attend a hearing or to produce documents for inspection at a specified time and place
a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed
a document served on a party or witness commanding appearance at a certain time or place A subpoena duces tecum is a command to produce documents, papers or other things listed in the subpoena
is a writ given to a man commanding him to appear in court, to bear witness or give evidence on a certain trial named in the writ It is so called because the party summoned is bound to appear sub poena centum librorum (under a penalty of 100) We have the verb to subpoena
A writ issued under authority of a court to compel the appearance of a witness at a judicial proceeding, the disobedience of which may be punishable as a contempt of court
An official order to appear in court (or at a deposition) at a specific time Failure to obey a subpoena to appear in court is punishable as a contempt of court
A court order requiring a person to appear in court and give testimony as a witness, and/or to produce documents An employer cannot act upon or threaten to discharge or discipline a witness for missing work to testify in court when subpoenaed
The process by which a court orders a witness to appear (and sometimes present evidence) at a judicial proceeding A subpoena may be issued administratively (no court involved) to compel a witness to produce certain evidence for purposes of discovery
A subpoena is a legal document telling someone that they must attend a court of law and give evidence as a witness. He has been served with a subpoena to answer the charges in court