SUBPOENA


Meaning of SUBPOENA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səpi:nə ]

( subpoenas, subpoenaing, subpoenaed)

1.

A subpoena is a legal document telling someone that they must attend a court of law and give evidence as a witness.

He has been served with a subpoena to answer the charges in court.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone subpoenas a person, they give them a legal document telling them to attend a court of law and give evidence. If someone subpoenas a piece of evidence, the evidence must be produced in a court of law.

Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses...

The investigation will rely on existing powers to subpoena documents.

VERB : V n , V n

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