subpoena

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This subpoena was a clear violation of the original plea bargain, and Al-Arian, heeding the advice of his lawyers, refused to give in to Kromberg's demands.

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  1. noun A writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony.
  2. transitive verb To serve or summon with such a writ.

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  • This subpoena was a clear violation of the original plea bargain, and Al-Arian, heeding the advice of his lawyers, refused to give in to Kromberg's demands. —  Window Into Palestine
  • "And so the subpoena is always a good thing to have standing by." —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • They refused to cooperate on the grounds that the subpoena was a violation of the First Amendment. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • If you want an example of why a subpoena is a good idea for use in extracting information from universities, even public ones, have a look at what the Starar-Tribune had to do to extract public documents from the General Counsel's Office of the University of Minnesota: —  University Diaries
  • The subpoena, approved by an earlier vote of the House, was issued pursuant to "authority granted in H.R. 5 (111th Congress), and calls for Mr. Rove to appear at deposition on Monday, February 2, 2009." —  News Dissector Blog
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  1. Middle English suppena, from Medieval Latin sub poenā, under a penalty (from the opening words of the writ) : Latin sub, under; see sub- + Latin poenā, ablative of poena, penalty; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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