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Pronunciation: [sˈʌmənzd] (IPA)

'Summonsed' is a term commonly used in legal and official contexts, often describing the act of a court or authority ordering someone to appear before them. Synonyms for this term include 'subpoenaed', 'cited', and 'summoned'. 'Subpoenaed' refers specifically to a court order demanding the attendance of a person as a witness or the production of evidence. 'Cited' describes any official order to appear before a court or authority, and 'summoned' has a broader usage, extending to any situation where a person is required to attend at a particular place and time. Other related terms include 'notified', 'called up', or 'scheduled' for a particular event or duty.
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A young mother, baby in arms, a child at her skirts, preternaturally bent and worn, had summonsed her husband into court on grounds of non-support, accusing him of intoxication.
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson
You know mother summonsed father this mornin'?
"The Nether World"
George Gissing
Up, and all the morning at the office, where we sat, and my head was full of the business of Carcasse, who hath a hearing this morning before the Council and hath summonsed at least thirty persons, and which is wondrous, a great many of them, I hear, do declare more against him than for him, and yet he summonses people without distinction.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke

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