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subpoena noun

  /sə(b)ˈpiː.nə/ , /səˈpi.nə/
  • (law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
 haaste, haaste todistajaksi
  • (figurative) A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.
 haaste
  • (historical, law) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852.
 haaste vastata vaatimukseen

subpoena verb

  /sə(b)ˈpiː.nə/ , /səˈpi.nə/
  • (law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).
 haastaa, haastaa todistajaksi
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