单词 | summonable |
释义 | summonableadj. That can be, or is liable to be, summoned (in various senses of summon v.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > able to be summoned summonable1616 1616 R. Betts tr. King James VI & I Remonstr. Right of Kings 268 Causes of benefices or of matrimonie, should be no longer citable and summonable to the Romish Court [Fr. les causes..ne s'euoqueroyent point a Rome]. 1711 R. Molesworth tr. F. Hotman Franco-Gallia (1721) xx. 143 This Meeting of the Court of Judicature was..summonable by the King's Writs. 1796 J. Bentham Let. 18 Aug. in Wks. (1843) XI. 115 The strength..of the Barracks distant not above half-a-mile, summonable by signals. 1872 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Aug. 10 The court of twelve inhabitants..was summonable..by himself as lessee of the duchy. 1920 E. McKowan Graydon of Windermere xv. 148 Mah Jim had been summonable, even swear-at-able when one had wanted any more of one's meal. 1963 Science 15 Nov. 940/1 In the former capacity he is a confidential adviser to the President, immune, by custom, from congressional inquiry; in the latter, he is summonable by Congress. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Mag.) 44 The student author would look at me with the sort of pity summonable only by a college sophomore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1616 |
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