I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
answer
▪
Anyone who failed to answer the summons was liable to be beaten.
▪
Not to answer the summons made matters worse, as it had always done, and particularly if it concerned a mortgage.
▪
She had all but crawled downstairs to answer the imperative summons , yawning as she tugged open the door.
appear
▪
But he almost always gave the defendant a second chance, and sent him a second summons to appear the following week.
▪
But in February, 1991, he received a summons to appear before magistrates on an allegation that he owed £269.40.
issue
▪
The statement said that, having considered the application, the magistrates had refused to issue the summons .
▪
The court then issues the summons and serves it on your debtor, usually by post.
▪
Magistrates threw out his first attempt by refusing to issue a summons .
▪
Dunn should then have returned his reply to the court that issued the summons .
▪
It is still necessary to issue a summons for directions in an admiralty or medical negligence case.
receive
▪
I first learnt of it when, dining one night in a London restaurant, I received an urgent summons from Harold.
▪
And before long we will be receiving a summons from him, or I miss my guess.
▪
But in February, 1991, he received a summons to appear before magistrates on an allegation that he owed £269.40.
▪
It had been a long time since I had received such a summons .
▪
Now, he has received another summons , claiming £89.90 is owed.
▪
A few days later he received a summons to interrogation by one of these officers, which he refused to attend.
▪
Early in October, after receiving the summons to return to Out Patients, feeling none too well, I capitulated once again.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
serve a summons/writ etc
▪
In some ways it's like serving a writ, only in this circumstance it's entirely beneficial to the recipient.
▪
Voice over Jaguar has already served a writ on one customer who withdrew his order.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
In answer to Grant's summons , Larsen had turned up accompanied by ten well muscled companions.
▪
It was a summons , not a request.
▪
It was a vexatious summons , and none of them turned up.
▪
Official Solicitor's costs in originating summons .
▪
So he awaited his summons without impatience.
▪
The summons was heard as an ordinary Friday summons in the Commercial Court and occupied about 20 minutes.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Frequently Sereny is in inner dialogue with Speer or summons him as witness.
▪
I have never had occasion to effect an arrest nor to summons any person.
▪
The police had summonsed the wrong man, and the court dismissed the case against him.