Subpoena: alternatives and connections

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Subpoena

A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Writ 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

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Law 84% connected

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

latin legal vocabulary 25% interchangeable

A legal order requiring attendance or evidence.

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