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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : suh-pee-nuh, suh b-
Phonetic Transcription : səˈpi nə, səb-

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Définition of subpoena

Origin :
  • early 15c., sub pena, from Medieval Latin sub poena "under penalty," the first words of the writ commanding the presence of someone under penalty of failure, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + poena, ablative of poena "penalty" (see penal). The verb is attested from 1630s.
  • noun writ
  • verb issue a writ
Example sentences :
  • Say, John, couldn't you subpoena a school of mackerel for me?
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • No one ever had so complete an alibi; I could subpoena half Westminster.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Then the judge asked, "Major Abbott, did you subpoena this witness?"
  • Extract from : « Mitch Miller » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • No wonder the Shakespeareans are eager to subpoena Ben Jonson's verses.
  • Extract from : « The Shakespearean Myth » by Appleton Morgan
  • Then he puts his hand in his inside pocket, as if to get the subpoena.
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World » by Clifton R. Wooldridge
  • I saw the subpoena given to him and his company, when they started.
  • Extract from : « History of the Prophet Joseph by His Mother » by Lucy Smith
  • He took a subpoena to serve on the old man as a last resource.
  • Extract from : « An Outback Marriage » by Andrew Barton Paterson
  • And you coulda knocked me over with a subpoena when he got out of it!
  • Extract from : « Hoiman and the Solar Circuit » by Gordon Dewey
  • He had promised to subpoena the man for the trial, but that was all.
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • "I have a subpoena from the court," cried Aronson, all agog.
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

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