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subpoena


sub·poe·na

S0848600 (sə-pē′nə)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- in Indo-European roots.]

subpoena

(səbˈpiːnə; səˈpiːnə) n (Law) a writ issued by a court of justice requiring a person to appear before the court at a specified timevb, -nas, -naing or -naed (Law) (tr) to serve with a subpoena[C15: from Latin: under penalty]

sub•poe•na

or sub•pe•na

(səˈpi nə, səb-)

n., pl. -nas, n. 1. a writ to summon witnesses or evidence before a court. v.t. 2. to serve with a subpoena. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin sub poenā under penalty (the first words of the writ)]

subpoena


Past participle: subpoenaed
Gerund: subpoenaing
Imperative
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Present
I subpoena
you subpoena
he/she/it subpoenas
we subpoena
you subpoena
they subpoena
Preterite
I subpoenaed
you subpoenaed
he/she/it subpoenaed
we subpoenaed
you subpoenaed
they subpoenaed
Present Continuous
I am subpoenaing
you are subpoenaing
he/she/it is subpoenaing
we are subpoenaing
you are subpoenaing
they are subpoenaing
Present Perfect
I have subpoenaed
you have subpoenaed
he/she/it has subpoenaed
we have subpoenaed
you have subpoenaed
they have subpoenaed
Past Continuous
I was subpoenaing
you were subpoenaing
he/she/it was subpoenaing
we were subpoenaing
you were subpoenaing
they were subpoenaing
Past Perfect
I had subpoenaed
you had subpoenaed
he/she/it had subpoenaed
we had subpoenaed
you had subpoenaed
they had subpoenaed
Future
I will subpoena
you will subpoena
he/she/it will subpoena
we will subpoena
you will subpoena
they will subpoena
Future Perfect
I will have subpoenaed
you will have subpoenaed
he/she/it will have subpoenaed
we will have subpoenaed
you will have subpoenaed
they will have subpoenaed
Future Continuous
I will be subpoenaing
you will be subpoenaing
he/she/it will be subpoenaing
we will be subpoenaing
you will be subpoenaing
they will be subpoenaing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subpoenaing
you have been subpoenaing
he/she/it has been subpoenaing
we have been subpoenaing
you have been subpoenaing
they have been subpoenaing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subpoenaing
you will have been subpoenaing
he/she/it will have been subpoenaing
we will have been subpoenaing
you will have been subpoenaing
they will have been subpoenaing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subpoenaing
you had been subpoenaing
he/she/it had been subpoenaing
we had been subpoenaing
you had been subpoenaing
they had been subpoenaing
Conditional
I would subpoena
you would subpoena
he/she/it would subpoena
we would subpoena
you would subpoena
they would subpoena
Past Conditional
I would have subpoenaed
you would have subpoenaed
he/she/it would have subpoenaed
we would have subpoenaed
you would have subpoenaed
they would have subpoenaed

subpoena

A writ issued by a court ordering a person to appear before it. To subpoena someone is to make the person the subject of such a writ.
Thesaurus
Noun1.subpoena - a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of courtsubpoena ad testificandumjudicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officerlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Verb1.subpoena - serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"swear out, process, serve - deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff"
Translations
adjugerallouerassignerattribuercitationcitarecitazioneconvocazionedagvaardendagvaarding

subpoena


subpoena (someone or something) to (do something)

To issue a formal legal order under authority of a court of law commanding a person to appear at court or do something in court. His life could be in danger if the mob finds out he's been subpoenaed to testify. I didn't even know that I had been given a speeding ticket until I was subpoenaed to appear in court and pay the fine I owed.See also: subpoena

subpoena someone to do something

to formally deliver a document forcing someone to do something for a legal process. The attorney subpoenaed a number of witnesses to testify. I subpoenaed four witnesses to appear but none of them showed up.See also: subpoena

subpoena


subpoena

(səpē`nə) [Lat.,=under penalty], in law, an order to a witness to appear before a court. A subpoena ad testificandum [Lat.,= to testify under penalty], the technical term denoting an ordinary subpoena, is a command for an individual to appear at a particular time and place to testify on a specific matter. A subpoena duces tecum [Lat.,=bring with you under penalty] requires a witness to produce at trial books, personal papers, or other material relevant to a judicial proceeding. Failure to obey a subpoena constitutes contemptcontempt,
in law, interference with the functioning of a legislature or court. In its narrow and more usual sense, contempt refers to the despising of the authority, justice, or dignity of a court.
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 of court, though subpoenas can be challenged.

subpoena

a writ issued by a court of justice requiring a person to appear before the court at a specified time

subpoena


subpoena

S22-910860 (sŭ-pē′nă) A court order that requires a person to come to court or appear at a specific time and place to give testimony. Failure to appear can result in punishment by the court.

subpoena


Related to subpoena: subpoena duces tecum

Subpoena

[Latin, Under penalty.] A formal document that orders a named individual to appear before a duly authorized body at a fixed time to give testimony.

A court, Grand Jury, legislative body, or Administrative Agency uses a subpoena to compel an individual to appear before it at a specified time to give testimony. An individual who receives a subpoena but fails to appear may be charged with Contempt of court and subjected to civil or criminal penalties. In addition, a person who has been served with a subpoena and has failed to appear may be brought to the proceedings by a law enforcement officer who serves a second subpoena, called an instanter.

A subpoena must be served on the individual ordered to appear. In some states a law enforcement officer or process server must personally serve it, whereas other states allow service by mail or with a telephone call. It is most often used to compel witnesses to appear at a civil or criminal trial. A trial attorney may receive an assurance from a person who says that she will appear in court on a certain day to testify, but if a subpoena is not issued and served on the witness, she is not legally required to appear.

It is up to the attorneys in a case to request subpoenas, which are routinely issued by the trial court administrator's office. The subpoena must give the name of the legal proceedings, the name of the person who is being ordered to appear, and the time and place of the court hearing.

Legislative investigating committees also issue subpoenas to compel recalcitrant witnesses to appear. Congressional investigations of political scandal, such as the Watergate scandals of the Nixon administration, the iran-contra scandal of the Reagan administration, and the Whitewater scandal of the Clinton administration, rely on subpoenas to obtain testimony.

A subpoena that commands a person to bring certain evidence, usually documents or papers, is called a Subpoena Duces Tecum, from the Latin "under penalty to bring with you." This type of subpoena is often used in a civil lawsuit where one party resists giving the other party documents through the discovery process. If a court is convinced that the document request is legitimate, it will order the production of documents using a subpoena duces tecum.

A party may resist a subpoena duces tecum by refusing to comply and requesting a court hearing. One of the most famous refusals of a subpoena was richard m. nixon's reluctance to turn over the tape recordings of his White House office conversations to the Watergate special prosecutor. Nixon fought the subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court in united states v. nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 94 S. Ct. 3090, 41 L. Ed. 2d 1039 (1974). The Court upheld the subpoena, leading Nixon to resign his office a short time later.

subpena (subpoena)

(suh-pea-nah) n. an order of the court for a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify and/or produce documents in the control of the witness (if a "subpena duces tecum"). A subpena is used to obtain testimony from a witness at both depositions (testimony under oath taken outside of court) and at trial. The procedure to get a subpena issued is basically to apply to the court with a brief written declaration of the need for the testimony or documents. Such subpenas are usually issued automatically by the court clerk, but must be served personally on the party being summoned. Failure to appear as required by the subpena can be punished as contempt of court if it appears the absence was intentional or without cause. (See: subpena duces tecum, witness, deposition, contempt of court)

subpoena

a term no longer in use in England and Wales for an order to a person to appear in court on a certain day to give evidence or produce a document.

SUBPOENA, practice, evidence. A process to cause a witness to appear and give testimony, commanding him to lay aside all pretences and excuses, and appear before a court or magistrate therein named, at a time therein mentioned, to testify for the party named, under a penalty therein mentioned. This is usually called a subpoena ad testificandum.
2. On proof of service of a subpoena upon the witness, and that he, is material, an attachment way be issued against him for a contempt, if he neglect to attend as commanded.

SUBPOENA, chancery practice. A mandatory writ or process, directed to and requiring one or more persons to appear at a time to come, and answer the matters charged against him or them; the writ of subpoena was originally a process in the courts of common law, to enforce the attendance of a witness to give evidence; but this writ was used in the court of chancery for the game purpose as a citation in the courts of civil and canon law, to compel the appearance of a defendant, and to oblige him to answer upon oath the allegations of the plaintiff.
2. This writ was invented by John Waltham, bishop of Salisbury, and chancellor to Rich. II. under the authority of the statutes of Westminster 2, and 13 Edw. I. c. 34, which enabled him to devise new writs. 1 Harr. Prac. 154; Cruise, Dig. t. 11, c. 1, sect. 12-17. Vide Vin. Ab. h.t.; 1 Swanst. Rep. 209.

subpoena


Related to subpoena: subpoena duces tecum
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Synonyms for subpoena

noun a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding

Synonyms

  • subpoena ad testificandum

Related Words

  • judicial writ
  • writ
  • law
  • jurisprudence

verb serve or summon with a subpoena

Related Words

  • swear out
  • process
  • serve
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