subpoena

English

Alternative forms

• subpena
• 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 (cmn), 传票 (cmn) (chuánpiào), 傳訊 (cmn), 传讯 (cmn) (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

• Greek: κλήση (el) (klísi) f , κλήτευση (el) (klítefsi) 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 
• Spanish: citación (es) 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 (cmn), 传讯 (cmn) (chuánxùn)

• Dutch: dagvaarden (nl)
• Finnish: haastaa todistajaksi (fi), haastaa (fi)

• German: zwangsvorladen (de)
• Greek: κλητεύω μάρτυρα (el) (klitévo mártyra) , καλώ μάρτυρα (el) (kaló mártyra) 
• Spanish: citar (es)

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French

Alternative forms

• subpœna

Etymology

From English subpoena.

Noun

Wikipedia ^fr

subpoena m (plural subpoenas)

1. (Canada, US) subpoena