All subpoena synonyms
sub·poe·na
S s noun subpoena
- decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- bylaw — A bylaw is a law which is made by a local authority and which applies only in their area.
- warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
- devoirs — compliments or respects; courteous attentions
- accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
- command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- adjuration — a solemn charge or command
- act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- writ — Law. a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act. (in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
- ducat — any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284. Compare sequin (def 2).
- in-junction — Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- law — software law
- devoir — duty; obligation
verb subpoena
- call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- ordinate — Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- cite — If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
- lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.