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nonsummons

nonsummons noun: the mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time.

Noun

nonsummons (uncountable)

  1. The mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time.

Origin of nonsummons

From non- + summons.

Questions about nonsummons

What does nonsummons mean?
Nonsummons means the mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time.
What part of speech is nonsummons?
Nonsummons is a noun.

Words near nonsummons in the dictionary

  1. nonsummability
  2. nonsummable
  3. nonsummative
  4. nonsummativity
  5. nonsummer
  6. nonsummons
  7. nonsumoylated
  8. nonsuperconducting
  9. nonsuperconductor
  10. nonsuperconductors
  11. nonsuperficial

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