subpoena
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subpoena /səˈpiːnə/ Law
▶noun a writ ordering a person to attend a court. ▶verb (subpoenas, subpoenaing, subpoenaed or subpoena'd) summon with a subpoena.
■ require (a document or other evidence) to be submitted to a court.
– origin ME: from L. sub poena ‘under penalty’ (the first words of the writ).
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