summons
sustantivoverbosustantivoverboatestiguado en diálogos
- //ˈsʌ.mənz//
A call to do something, especially to come.
sustantivo
- 1
A call to do something, especially to come.
He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon[…]; but neither summons nor pardon was any thing regarded.
this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey
special summonses by the king
It was more than a week after his introduction to Carrados that Lieutenant Hollyer had a summons to present himself at The Turrets again. He found Mr Carlyle already there and the two friends awaiting his arrival.
- 2
A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
Four summonses were brought recently on behalf of St. Pancras Borough Council against the British Transport Commission in respect of the emission of smoke by locomotives standing at Camden Motive Power Depot. (The summonses were dismissed)
- 3
A demand for surrender.
Etimología
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”).
verbo
- 1
To serve someone with a summons.
It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, summonsed or given a fine.
sustantivo
- 1
También una forma de summonplural of summon
Etimología
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verbo
- 1
También una forma de summonthird-person singular simple present indicative of summon
Formas
- plural
- summonses
- pasado
- summonsed
- participio
- summonsed
- gerundio
- summonsing
- 3.ª persona del singular
- summonses
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