noun Download 🔗Share A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim. Examples : "The lawyer served the student with a subpoena to appear in court next week. " law government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony. Examples : "The police served a subpoena on the witness to appear at the trial next week. " law government politics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To summon with a subpoena. Examples : "The lawyer subpoenaed the witness to testify in court about the accident. " law government politics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading