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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈpiːnə/ Audio: en-us-subpoena.ogg Forms: subpoenas [plural], subpoenae [plural], subpoenæ [plural]
Rhymes: -iːnə Etymology: First attested with this spelling in 1623 CE, from earlier subpena, from Middle English sub pena, from Medieval Latin: sub (“under”) and poena (“penalty”), the beginning of the original subpoena used in the Court of Chancery. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷey-}}, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|en|enm|sub pena}} Middle English sub pena, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|s|subpoenae|subpoenæ}} subpoena (plural subpoenas or subpoenae or subpoenæ)
  1. (law, historical) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law, Directives
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  2. (law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony. Categories (topical): Law, Directives Translations (writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony): اِسْتِدْعَاء (istidʕāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), ծանուցագիր (canucʻagir) (Armenian), çağırış (Azerbaijani), паве́стка (pavjéstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), по́зва (pózva) [feminine] (Belarusian), призо́вка (prizóvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), повиква́телна (povikvátelna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), citació [feminine] (Catalan), citació a dia cert [feminine] (Catalan), 傳票 (Chinese Mandarin), 传票 (chuánpiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 傳訊 (Chinese Mandarin), 传讯 (chuánxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), předvolání k soudu [neuter] (Czech), soudní obsílka [feminine] (Czech), stævning [common-gender] (Danish), dagvaarding [feminine] (Dutch), kohtukutse (Estonian), stevning [feminine] (Faroese), todistajan haaste (Finnish), haaste (Finnish), citation [feminine] (French), Zwangsvorladung [feminine] (German), Vorladung [feminine] (German), Auskunftsanordnung [feminine] (German), κλήση (klísi) [feminine] (Greek), κλήτευση (klítefsi) [feminine] (Greek), idézés (Hungarian), beidézés (Hungarian), citation (Interlingua), convocazione [feminine] (Italian), citazione [feminine] (Italian), 召喚状 (shōkanjō) (alt: しょうかんじょう) (Japanese), 召喚 (shōkan) (alt: しょうかん) (Japanese), 소환장 (sohwanjang) (alt: 召喚狀) (Korean), 소환 (sohwan) (alt: 召喚) (Korean), sepina (Malay), stevning [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wezwanie do sądu [neuter] (Polish), intimação [feminine] (Portuguese), citação [feminine] (Portuguese), citație [feminine] (Romanian), пове́стка (povéstka) [feminine] (Russian), вы́зов в суд (výzov v sud) [masculine] (Russian), predvolanie na súd [neuter] (Slovak), citación [feminine] (Spanish), requerimiento [masculine] (Spanish), stämning [common-gender] (Swedish), celpname (Turkish), mahkeme çağrısı (Turkish), celp kâğıdı (Turkish), пові́стка (povístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), trát tòa (Vietnamese)
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Synonyms: witness summons [British], subpena, subpœna [dated] Derived forms: subpoena duces tecum, subpoena ad testificandum, subpoena ad respondendum

Verb [English]

IPA: /səˈpiːnə/ Audio: en-us-subpoena.ogg Forms: subpoenas [present, singular, third-person], subpoenaing [participle, present], subpoenaed [participle, past], subpoenaed [past]
Rhymes: -iːnə Etymology: First attested with this spelling in 1623 CE, from earlier subpena, from Middle English sub pena, from Medieval Latin: sub (“under”) and poena (“penalty”), the beginning of the original subpoena used in the Court of Chancery. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷey-}}, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|en|enm|sub pena}} Middle English sub pena, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin Head templates: {{en-verb}} subpoena (third-person singular simple present subpoenas, present participle subpoenaing, simple past and past participle subpoenaed)
  1. (transitive) To summon with a subpoena. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Directives Related terms: compel testimony, contempt of court Translations (to summon with a subpoena): призовавам (prizovavam) (Bulgarian), 傳訊 (Chinese Mandarin), 传讯 (chuánxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), dagvaarden (Dutch), haastaa todistajaksi (Finnish), haastaa (Finnish), zwangsvorladen (German), κλητεύω μάρτυρα (klitévo mártyra) (Greek), καλώ μάρτυρα (kaló mártyra) (Greek), idéz (Hungarian), beidéz (Hungarian), citare (Italian), convador (Latin), citar (Portuguese), cita (Romanian), вы́звать в суд пове́сткой (výzvatʹ v sud povéstkoj) [perfective] (Russian), predvolať na súd (niekoho) (Slovak), citar (Spanish), citar a declarar (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: subpena, subpœna [dated]

Noun [French]

IPA: /syb.pe.na/ Forms: subpoenas [plural]
Etymology: From English subpoena. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|en|subpoena}} English subpoena Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} subpoena m (plural subpoenas)
  1. (Canadian and US law) subpoena Wikipedia link: fr:subpoena Tags: Canadian, US, masculine Synonyms: subpœna

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony",
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      "sense": "writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony",
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      "word": "cita"
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