subpoena

subpoena
/seuh pee"neuh, seuhb-/, n., v., subpoenaed, subpoenaing. Law.
n.
1. the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
v.t.
2. to serve with a subpoena.
Also, subpena.
[1375-1425; late ME < L sub poena under penalty (the first words of the writ)]

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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.

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law
      formal instrument issued by a court, grand jury, legislative body or committee, or duly authorized administrative agency commanding an individual to appear before it at a specific time to give testimony, oral or written, in the matter identified in the document. The subpoena is used only in common-law (common law) countries, but it is similar to the citation or vocatio in jus of civil law or canon law. A subpoena duces tecum commands the recipient to produce certain evidence, usually documents or papers, that is demanded.

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