单词 | subpoena |
释义 | sub·poe·na (sə-pēnə) n. An order issued under the authority of a court, commanding a person to appear in court on a particular date, usually to give testimony in a legal case. tr.v. sub·poe·naed, sub·poe·na·ing, sub·poe·nas To serve or summon with such a writ. [Middle English suppena, from Medieval Latin sub poenā, under a penalty (from the opening words of the writ) : Latin sub, under; see SUB- + Latin poenā, ablative of poena, penalty; see kwei-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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