verb
- past tense and past participle of summons; officially called to appear in court or before an authority
Usage: legal context
Examples
- He was summonsed to appear in court next Tuesday.
- The witness was summonsed to testify in the trial.
- She had been summonsed for jury duty twice this year.
- The company was summonsed to provide financial records.
- All potential witnesses were summonsed by the prosecutor.
- The defendant was summonsed to answer the charges against him.