subpoena

subpoena
I. subpoena sub‧poe‧na 1 [səˈpiːnə, səb-] verb subpoenaed PTandPPX [transitive] LAW
to order someone to come to court and be a witness, or to order someone to give documents to the court:

• Telephone companies' records can be subpoenaed.

subpoena somebody to do something

• We will subpoena him to give evidence.

  [m0] II. subpoena subpoena 2 noun [countable] LAW
a document ordering someone to come to court and be a witness, or ordering someone to give documents to the court:

• The regulators issued a subpoena for documents relating to 23 company audits.

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subpoena UK US /səˈpiːnə/ verb [T] LAW
to order someone to go to a court of law to answer questions: »

The State Attorney has subpoenaed 10 companies that make and distribute calling cards in Florida.

subpoena sb to do sth »

Several former employees of the company have been subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury.

to order that documents must be produced in a court of law: subpoena documents/records »

Company records were subpoenaed in the investigation into malpractice.

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subpoena UK US /səˈpiːnə/ noun [C] LAW
a legal document ordering someone to appear in a court of law or to produce documents: »

issue/receive/serve a subpoena

subpoena for sth »

The company received subpoenas for documents and testimony about its marketing practices worldwide

subpoena power — Cf. subpoena power

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • subpoena — sub·poe·na 1 also sub·pe·na /sə pē nə/ n [Latin sub poena under penalty]: a writ commanding a designated person upon whom it has been served to appear (as in court or before a congressional committee) under a penalty (as a charge of contempt) for …   Law dictionary

  • Subpoena — est un terme juridique du droit anglo saxon. Il s agit d un mot latin entré dans la langue juridique anglaise sous la forme supenna au XVe siècle[1]. Originalement, il s agissait de deux mots latin, sub et poena signifiant, littéralement… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Subpoena — Subpoena, es un término jurídico usado en el Derecho anglosajón para referirse a una orden, citación o requerimiento de comparecencia ante un órgano gubernamental, por lo general los tribunales de justicia, para la producción de un testimonio… …   Wikipedia Español

  • subpoena — Law ► NOUN ▪ a writ ordering a person to attend a court. ► VERB (subpoenas, subpoenaed or subpoena d, subpoenaing) ▪ summon with a subpoena. ORIGIN from Latin sub poena under penalty (the first words of the writ) …   English terms dictionary

  • subpoena — n. m. (Québec) DR Citation à comparaître devant un tribunal; acte par lequel cette citation est signifiée. Recevoir un subpoena …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • subpoena — [n] writ command, court order, decree, mandate, summons, warrant, written order; concept 318 subpoena [v] issue a writ cite, order to testify, serve a court order, serve notice, summon; concept 318 …   New thesaurus

  • Subpoena — Sub*p[oe] na, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subp[oe]naed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subp[oe]naing}.] (Law) To serve with a writ of subp[oe]na; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Subpoena — Sub*p[oe] na, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See {Pain}.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Subpoena — Subpoena, (lat.), unter Androhung einer Strafe, z.B. S. p. Confessi et convicti, unter Androhung der Strafe des Eingeständnisses u. der Überführung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • subpoena — (n.) early 15c., sub pena, from M.L. sub poena under penalty, the first words of the writ commanding the presence of someone under penalty of failure, from L. sub under (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + poena, ablative of poena penalty (see PENAL (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • subpoena — [sə pē′nə] n. [ME suppena < ML subpena < L sub poena, lit., under penalty: see SUB & PAIN] a written legal order directing a person to appear in court to give testimony, show specified records, etc. vt. subpoenaed, subpoenaing 1. to summon… …   English World dictionary

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