1. plural of summons; official orders to appear in court or formal calls to come to a particular place

Examples

• The defendant received multiple summonses for unpaid parking tickets.
• Court summonses must be served properly to be legally valid.
• The witness ignored two summonses before finally appearing in court.
• Police officers issued summonses to all the protesters.
• The company’s executives received summonses to testify before Congress.
• She kept all her court summonses in a special folder.
• The bailiff delivered summonses to the jury members.