to subpoena
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8.3
- verb
- /səˈpiːnə/
- Formal
:
citar
- We don't believe they would subpoena you unless they thought your testimony would help their case.
Also, unrelated question, can you be subpoenaed in space?
- Also, unrelated question, can you be subpoenaed in space?
- Now, unfortunately, they can't really, you know, subpoena A fellow senator or they won't.
- He has to go Congress, get him in front of a committee, subpoena his records.
- So for example, the, you know, Amazon Echo, it's already been subpoenaed in a murder trial as a witness.
- I think that Congress needs to use its subpoena power to subpoena every officer that was anywhere involved that's in that setting.
- They're they live in the world of like something happens and then all of a sudden someone like, calls, you know, subpoenas Verizon and airs your shit to courtroom.
Examples
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But I'll know soon enough when I subpoena you for national records.
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Last month, the judge allowed Mr. O'Mara to subpoena Twitter and Facebook for the information.
Blog text (3) -
And with respect, sir, I can subpoena you.
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Now we'll have to subpoena them both.
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The government could then subpoena Google, and Google might be willing to give away the information they have.
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Then they can subpoena your DNA and your cell phone and...
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Sure, because we can just subpoena their personnel records, which we already know contain damaging information.
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And I subpoena Flying Officer Trubshawe as a witness.
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I need you to subpoena Billy Donaldson's financial records.
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We will need to subpoena the witness to ensure his testimony is given in court.
Synonyms
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8.1
To officially order someone to go to court or give evidence
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5.3
To order someone to appear in court
Order someone to appear in court and bring papers
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
A court order telling a person to go to court and testify as a witness
Surface Forms
Etymology
To subpoena someone comes from the same Latin parts sub 'under' and poena 'penalty', meaning to officially order a person to appear in court and put them 'under penalty' if they do not obey.