subpoena

English

Alternative forms

• subpœna

Etymology

First attested with this spelling in 1623 CE, from Latin: sub (“under”) and poena (“penalty”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wikipedia subpoena (plural subpoenas)

1. (law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.

Derived terms

• subpoena duces tecum
• subpoena ad testificandum

Translations

writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony

Chinese: Mandarin: 傳票 (zh), 传票 (zh) (chuánpiào), 傳訊 (zh), 传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn) Danish: stævning (da) f. Dutch: dagvaarding (nl) f. Estonian: kohtukutse (et) Finnish: todistajan haaste (fi), haaste (fi) French: citation (fr) f.

German: Zwangsvorladung (de) f., Vorladung (de) f. Interlingua: citation Italian: convocazione (it) f. Japanese: 召喚状 (ja) (しょうかんじょう, shōkanjō) Polish: wezwanie do sądu (pl) n. Portuguese: intimação f., citação f. Russian: повестка (ru) (povéstka) f. Turkish: celpname, mahkeme çağrısı, celp kâğıdı

Verb

subpoena (third-person singular simple present subpoenas, present participle subpoenaing, simple past and past participle subpoenaed)

1. To summon with a subpoena.

Translations

to summon with a subpoena

Chinese: Mandarin: 傳訊 (zh), 传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn) Dutch: dagvaarden (nl)

Finnish: haastaa todistajaksi (fi), haastaa (fi) German: zwangsvorladen (de)