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Verb: subpoena  sub'peenu
  1. Serve or summon with a subpoena
    "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"
Noun: subpoena  sub'peenu
  1. 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 court
    - subpoena ad testificandum

Derived forms: subpoenas, subpoenaed, subpoenaing

Type of: judicial writ, process, serve, swear out, writ

Encyclopedia: Subpoena

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