summons

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsʌmənz/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from popular Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summonere ‘to summon’.

[edit] Noun

summons (plural summonses)

1. A call to do something, especially to come.
2. (law) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.

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to summons (third-person singular simple present summonses, present participle summonsing, simple past and past participle summonsed)

1. (transitive) To serve someone with a summons.
   • 2007: It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, summonsed or given a fine. — The Guardian, 15 Mar 2007, p. 1

[edit] See also

• Summons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• summons in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

[edit] Verb

summons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of summon.