subpoenaing

Verb

subpoena (third-person singular simple present subpoenas, present participle subpoenaing, simple past and past participle subpoenaed)

1. (transitive) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).
   • Poor Willy! he would not even subpœna any of his old friends as to his general character. But even if he had, what could the Court do since he pleaded guilty?1857, Pisistratus Caxton [pseudonym; Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “Containing Much of that Information which the Wisest Men in the World Could Not Give but which the Author Can”, in What will He Do with...
2. (transitive) To require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding.
   • I have just recollected that you ought to have sub-pœnaᵈ in Goodwins & Thomass cases Goodwins comes on the second monday in October. You must send up for them.1821 September 11, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, “[Letter from] Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Wilson Cary Nicholas (ca. 1796–1828)”, in Jefferson Quotes & Family Letters, Charlottesville, Va.: Thomas...
3. (figuratively, transitive) To compel or summon (someone or something); to demand.
   • We wish to subpœna the public to our characters.1815 January – 1817 January, William Hazlitt, “No. XXXIII. On Different Sorts of Fame.”, in William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men, and Manners...

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