summonses

Variant of summons

summons definition

sum·mons (-ənz)

noun pl. summonses -·monses

    1. an order or command to come, attend, appear, or perform some action
    2. Law an official order to appear in court, specif. to respond as a defendant to a charge; also, the writ containing such an order
  2. a call, command, knock, or other signal that summons

Etymology: ME somounce < Anglo-Fr somonse < OFr sumunse < pp. of somondre: see summon

transitive verb

Informal to serve a court summons upon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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