Meaning

3 senses
  1. A call to do something, especially to come.

    Aufforderung

    вы́зовvýzov

    ви́кликvýklyk, за́кликzáklyk, виклика́нняvyklykánnja

  2. A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.

    Vorladung

    пове́сткаpovéstka

    пові́сткаpovístka

  3. A demand for surrender.

More definitions
  • a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
  • an order to appear in person at a given place and time
  • a request to be present

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
call to do something, especially to come:
notice summoning someone to appear in court:
Русский
By meaning 2
call to do something, especially to come:
notice summoning someone to appear in court:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
call to do something, especially to come:
notice summoning someone to appear in court:

Origin

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).

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Forms

plural: summonses
Singularsummons
Pluralsummonses

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant:process
  • a request to be present:bidding

Word family

7 related words

See also

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