subpoena

Etymology
First attested with this spelling in, from earlier , from , from :  and , the beginning of the original subpoena used in the.

Noun

 * 1)  A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim.
 * 2)  A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
 * 1)  A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.

Usage notes
The most common plural form is subpoenas. Subpoenae  is a hypercorrection as the word is not derived from a Latin noun *subpœna, *subpœnæ, but from the Latin phrase sub pœna, and therefore has no Latinate plural.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِسْتِدْعَاء
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: паве́стка, по́зва
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, citació a dia cert
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: předvolání k soudu, soudní obsílka
 * Danish: stævning
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: kohtukutse
 * Faroese: stevning
 * Finnish: todistajan haaste,
 * French:
 * German: Zwangsvorladung,, Auskunftsanordnung
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: citation
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 소환장(召喚狀),
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stevning
 * Polish: wezwanie do sądu
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, вы́зов в суд
 * Slovak: predvolanie na súd
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, mahkeme çağrısı,
 * Ukrainian: пові́стка
 * Vietnamese: trát tòa

Verb

 * 1)  To summon with a subpoena.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: haastaa todistajaksi,
 * German: zwangsvorladen
 * Greek: κλητεύω μάρτυρα, καλώ μάρτυρα
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: convador
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: вы́звать в суд пове́сткой
 * Slovak: predvolať (niekoho) na súd
 * Spanish:, citar a declarar

Etymology
From.