noun
- an official order to appear in court
- an urgent request to come or appear somewhere
Usage: legal
verb
- to order someone officially to appear in court
Usage: legal
Examples
- She received a summons to appear as a witness in the trial.
- The defendant ignored the court summons and failed to appear.
- He got an urgent summons from his boss to come to the office immediately.
- The jury summons arrived in the mail last week.
- The judge will summons additional witnesses if needed.
- A summons to the principal’s office made the student nervous.
- The court summoned her to testify about what she witnessed.