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summons

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌ.mənz/

The English word “summons” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A call to do something, especially to come.
  2. A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
  3. A demand for surrender.

verb

  1. To serve someone with a summons.

Etymology

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).

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