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- DictionarySum·mons/ˈsəmənz/
noun
- 1. an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing it: "a summons for nonpayment of a parking ticket"
verb
- 1. serve (someone) with a summons: "he has been summonsed to appear in court next month"
The meaning of SUMMONS is the act of summoning; especially : a call by authority to appear at a place named or to attend to a duty. How to use summons in a sentence.
1. : to issue a call to convene : convoke. 2. : to command by service of a summons to appear in court. 3. : to call upon for specified action. 4. : to bid to come : send for. summon a physician. 5. : to call forth : evoke often used with up. summonable. ˈsə-mə-nə-bəl. adjective. summoner. ˈsə-mə-nər. ˈsəm-nər.
an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned. a request, demand, or call to do something: a summons to surrender. Law. a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer. the writ by which the call is made.
A summons is a request or order for someone to show up, especially for legal matters. You could get a summons to testify at a trial, for example.
to order someone to come to a person or place: The police mobile rapid response unit was summonsed to the scene shortly before 10pm. Children were summonsed into school by a bell.
1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something. 2. Law. a. An order or process directing a person, especially a defendant in a case, to appear in court. b. An order or process directing a person to report to court as a potential juror. tr.v. sum·monsed, sum·mons·ing, sum·mons·es Law.
to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call. to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court: to summon a defendant. to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.
Summons Definition. An order or command to come, attend, appear, or perform some action. An official order to appear in court, specif. to respond as a defendant to a charge; also, the writ containing such an order. A call, command, knock, or other signal that summons.
to order someone come to a particular place, or to officially tell someone to be present: The president summoned an emergency meeting of his advisers. I have been summoned to appear in court. To summon is also to find, call, or gather together something for use: I couldn't summon any strength.
Definition of summon verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
