summons
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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”).
Noun[edit]
summons (plural summonses)
- A call to do something, especially to come.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI:
- He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon […] ; but neither summons nor pardon was any thing regarded.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the Most Learned, Reverend and Pious Dr. H. Hammond:
- this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey
- 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages:
- special summonses by the king
- (law) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
- (military) A demand for surrender.
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Translations[edit]
call to do something, especially to come
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notice summoning someone to appear in court
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Verb[edit]
summons (third-person singular simple present summonses, present participle summonsing, simple past and past participle summonsed)
- (transitive) To serve someone with a summons. [17th C.]
- 2007 March 15, The Guardian, page 1:
- It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, summonsed or given a fine.
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
summons
- third-person singular simple present indicative of summon
Further reading[edit]
- summons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Summons in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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