SUBPOENA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
   • disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
   Synonym(s)
   • subpoena ad testificandum (what does subpoena ad testificandum mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) subpoena is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • writ (what does writ mean?)
   • judicial writ (what does judicial writ mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • subpoena (what does subpoena mean?)

SUBPOENA as VERB

1. Meaning
   • serve or summon with a subpoena
   Usage Example(s)
   • The witness and her records were subpoenaed
   Hypernyms(s) subpoena is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • serve (what does serve mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • swear out (what does swear out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • subpoena (what does subpoena mean?)
   • subpoena ad testificandum (what does subpoena ad testificandum mean?)