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Meaning of summons

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  summons
      n 1: a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" [syn:
           {bidding}, {summons}]
      2: an order to appear in person at a given place and time
      3: 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 [syn:
         {summons}, {process}]
      v 1: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn:
           {summon}, {summons}, {cite}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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