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Summons

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(1):

(v.) A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.

(2):

(v.) The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

(3):

(v.) A demand to surrender.

(4):

(v. t.) To summon.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Summons'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/summons.html. 1828.
 
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