单词 | writ of subpoena |
释义 | > as lemmaswrit of subpoena writ of subpoena n. [compare Anglo-Norman brief de subpoena (1465 or earlier), brief desouth peins (a1424 or earlier), post-classical Latin breve de sub pena (1528)] a writ requiring the attendance of a person at a stated place in order to testify, present evidence, or (formerly) to answer a charge; a subpoena. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons > subpoena for defendant subpoenaa1426 writ of subpoena?1462 ?1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 102 Please your good and gracious lordship to direct seuerall writtes of sub pena to the seid William and William. 1543 tr. Act 15 Hen. VI c. 4 For asmoche as dyuers persons haue before this tyme ben greatly greued by wryttes of sub pena. 1623 in New Shakspere Soc. Trans. (1885) 499 His Maties most gracious writt of Subpœna directed to the said James Baskervile..and also to Susann Baskervile..comaunding them..to..appeare..in his Maties high court of Chauncery. 1756 London Gaz. No. 9636/2 The Office of Making, Writing and Ingrossing all Writs of Subpœna issuing out of His Majesty's High Court of Chancery. 1830 Indiana Jrnl. 10 Feb. A writ of subpœna is awarded against the defendant. 1899 B. C. Steiner Inst. & Civil Govt. Maryland ii. xxvi. 301 Writs of subpoena shall be issued for any persons he may wish to have testify for him. 1941 Times 19 July 6/6 Mr. Holmes referred to documents found in Captain Ramsay's house at the time of his arrest and produced by the police under a writ of subpoena. 2004 Law & Hist. Rev. 22 582 This act simplified procedure by abolishing the writ of subpoena. < as lemmas |
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