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.
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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