summon as a witness

  • 1summon — sum·mon vt: to command by service of a summons to appear in court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. summon I …

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  • 2witness — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 person who sees sth ADJECTIVE ▪ crucial (esp. BrE), key, material, vital (esp. BrE) ▪ As the last person to see her alive, he was a material witness in the case. ▪ independent …

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  • 3summon — verb 1 order a person to come to a place ADVERB ▪ hastily, urgently ▪ duly (esp. BrE) ▪ She was duly summoned for an interview. ▪ back PREPOSI …

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  • 4summon — sum•mon [[t]ˈsʌm ən[/t]] v. t. 1) to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal 2) to call upon to do something specified 3) to call or notify to appear at a specified place, esp. before a court: to summon a witness[/ex] 4) to… …

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  • 5summon — 01. I felt a little nervous when my boss [summoned] me to his office. 02. The villagers were [summoned] to appear before the Queen. 03. The army [summoned] reinforcements as the battle grew fiercer. 04. News correspondents in the region have been …

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  • 6summon — v 1. call, call upon, ask, invite, signal; bid, tell, request, ask for, call for; command, order, direct, require, adjure, charge, instruct, stipulate, demand, exact. 2. convoke, convene, muster, assemble, call together, convocate. 3. call to… …

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  • 7summon — v.tr. 1 call upon to appear, esp. as a defendant or witness in a lawcourt. 2 (usu. foll. by to + infin.) call upon (summoned her to assist). 3 call together for a meeting or some other purpose (summoned the members to attend). Phrases and idioms …

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  • 8call to witness — index corroborate, subpoena, summon Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9teme — v. n. == be a witness? Wright’s L. P. p. 32 v. a. == summon as a witness. M. Ode, st. 54. AS. teama …

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  • 10Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa — Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa (Mongolian language: Шаарийбуугийн Алтантуяа; sometimes also Altantuya Shaariibuu; 1978 – October 18, 2006), a Mongolian national, was a murder victim who was either murdered by C 4 explosives or was somehow killed first …

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