Summons vs. Summonses

Summonsnoun

A call to do something, especially to come.

Summonsnoun

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

Summonsnoun

(military) A demand for surrender.

Summonsverb

(transitive) To serve someone with a summons.

Summonsnoun

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

Summonsnoun

A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.

Summonsnoun

A demand to surrender.

Summonsverb

To summon.

Summonsnoun

a request to be present;

Summonsnoun

an order to appear in person at a given place and time

Summonsnoun

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

Summonsverb

call in an official matter, such as to attend court

Summons

A summons (also known in England and Wales as a claim form and in the Australian state of New South Wales as a court attendance notice (CAN)) is a legal document issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an administrative summons) for various purposes.

Summonsesnoun

plural of summons