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subpoena 音標拼音: [səp'inə] n. 傳票
vt. 傳審,喚審 傳票傳審,喚審 subpoena n 1: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court [ synonym: { subpoena}, { subpoena ad testificandum}] v 1: serve or summon with a subpoena; " The witness and her records were subpoenaed" Subpoena \ Sub* poe" na\, n. [ NL., fr. L. sub under poena punishment. See { Pain}.] ( Law) 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. [ Written also { subpena}.] [ 1913 Webster] { Subpoena ad testificandum}. [ NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. { Subpoena duces tecum}. [ NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. [ 1913 Webster]
Subpoena \ Sub* poe" na\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Subpoenaed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Subpoenaing}.] ( Law) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " subpoena": bid come, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, certiorari, citation, cite, conjure, conjure up, convene, convoke, demand, evoke, garnishment, habeas corpus, indent, invoke, monition, muster, muster up, order up, page, preconize, recall, requisition, send after, send for, serve, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons, venire, venire de novo, venire facias, warrant, writ, writ of summonsSUBPOENA, chancery practice. A mandatory writ or process, directed to and requiring one or more persons to appear at a time to come, and answer the matters charged against him or them; the writ of subpoena was originally a process in the courts of common law, to enforce the attendance of a witness to give evidence; but this writ was used in the court of chancery for the game purpose as a citation in the courts of civil and canon law, to compel the appearance of a defendant, and to oblige him to answer upon oath the allegations of the plaintiff. 2. This writ was invented by John Waltham, bishop of Salisbury, and chancellor to Rich. II. under the authority of the statutes of Westminster 2, and 13 Edw. I. c. 34, which enabled him to devise new writs. 1 Harr. Prac. 154; Cruise, Dig. t. 11, c. 1, sect. 12- 17. Vide Vin. Ab. h. t.; 1 Swanst. Rep. 209.
SUBPOENA, practice, evidence. A process to cause a witness to appear and give testimony, commanding him to lay aside all pretences and excuses, and appear before a court or magistrate therein named, at a time therein mentioned, to testify for the party named, under a penalty therein mentioned. This is usually called a subpoena ad testificandum. 2. On proof of service of a subpoena upon the witness, and that he, is material, an attachment way be issued against him for a contempt, if he neglect to attend as commanded.
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