summons

     

A summons is a legal ocument issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an administrative summons) for various purposes.

Trivia about summons

  • A subpoena is a writ to call you to testify; this writ calls you to defend yourself in a lawsuit
  • From the Latin for "warning", it's a legal document compelling you to court to answer a complaint against you

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