subpoena

  • 41subpoena ad testificum — See witness summons. Related links Civil Procedure Rules Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …

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  • 42Subpoena ad testificandum — A subpoena ad testificandum is a court summons to appear and give oral testimony for use at a hearing or trial. The subpoena developed as a creative writ, the writ subpoena , from the Court of Chancery. Writs of many kinds formed the essential… …

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  • 43Subpoena duces tecum — A subpoena duces tecum (or subpoena for production of evidence) is a court summons ordering a named party to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial. The summons is known by various… …

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  • 44subpoena ad testificandum — /sa(b)piyna aed testafakaendam/ Subpoena to testify. A technical and descriptive term for the ordinary subpoena. See subpoena …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 45subpoena duces tecum — An ancient writ, having for its object the production of evidence to be used, so far as admissible, in a trial. In the modern sense, a subpoena which, in addition to the usual clauses requiring the attendance of the witness in court to testify,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 46subpoena ad testificandum — noun 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 • Syn: ↑subpoena • Derivationally related forms: ↑subpoena (for: ↑subpoena) • Topics: ↑ …

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  • 47subpoena duces tecum — /sa(b)piyna d(y)uwsiyz tiykam/ A court process, initiated by party in litigation, compelling production of certain specific documents and other items, material and relevant to facts in issue in a pending judicial proceeding, which documents and… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 48subpoena ad testificandum — A writ to bring a witness into court to testify; a subpoena for a witness. See 3 Bl Comm 369 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 49subpoena — Synonyms and related words: bid come, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, certiorari, citation, cite, conjure, conjure up, convene, convoke, demand, evoke, garnishment, habeas corpus,… …

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  • 50subpoena —  A writ ordering a person to appear in court …

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