Why doesn't he subpoena them?
Source: tatoeba (2281866)
Subpoena
//sə(b)ˈpiː.nə//
Synonyms for "subpoena" (49 found)
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Related words (24)
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5 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِدْعَاء noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Armenian
1 entries- ծանուցագիր noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çağırış noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Belarusian
2 entries- паве́стка noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- по́зва noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Bulgarian
3 entries- повиква́телна noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- призо́вка noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- призовавам verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Catalan
2 entries- citació noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- citació a dia cert noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 傳票 /传票 noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- 傳訊 /传讯 noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- 傳訊 /传讯 verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Czech
2 entries- předvolání k soudu noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- soudní obsílka noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Danish
1 entries- stævning noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Dutch
2 entries- dagvaarding noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- dagvaarden verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Estonian
1 entries- kohtukutse noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Faroese
1 entries- stevning noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Finnish
4 entries- haaste noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- haaste noun (thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone)
- haaste todistajaksi noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- haaste vastata vaatimukseen noun (writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff’s claim)
French
1 entries- citation noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
German
4 entries- Auskunftsanordnung noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- Vorladung noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- Zwangsvorladung noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- zwangsvorladen verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Greek
4 entries- κλήση noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- κλήτευση noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- καλώ μάρτυρα verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
- κλητεύω μάρτυρα verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Hungarian
4 entries- beidézés noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- idézés noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- beidéz verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
- idéz verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Interlingua
1 entries- citation noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Italian
3 entries- citazione noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- convocazione noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- citare verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Japanese
2 entries- 召喚 noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- 召喚状 noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Korean
2 entries- 소환 noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- 소환장 noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Latin
1 entries- convador verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Malay
1 entries- sepina noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stevning noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Polish
1 entries- wezwanie do sądu noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Portuguese
3 entries- citação noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- intimação noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- citar verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Romanian
2 entries- citație noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- cita verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Russian
3 entries- вы́зов в суд noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- пове́стка noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- вы́звать в суд пове́сткой verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Slovak
2 entries- predvolanie na súd noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- predvolať na súd (niekoho) verb (to summon (someone) with a subpoena; to require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court or some other legal proceeding)
Spanish
4 entries- citación noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- citatoria noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- citatorio noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- requerimiento noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Swedish
1 entries- stämning noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Turkish
3 entries- celp kâğıdı noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- celpname noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
- mahkeme çağrısı noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пові́стка noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trát tòa noun (writ requiring someone to appear in court or at some other legal proceeding as a witness)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Why would they subpoena you?
Source: tatoeba (5736106)
Nothing vnder a Sub-pœna can dravv him to London, and vvhen he is there, hee ſtickes faſt vppon euery Obiect, caſts his eyes avvay vppon gazing, and becomes the prey of euery cut-purſe.
Source: wiktionary
For the worthy magistrate, determined to omit no chance of doing Effie justice, and to leave her sister no apology for not giving the evidence which she was supposed to possess, had caused the ordinary citation, or sub-pœna, of the Scottish criminal court, to be served upon her by an officer during his conference with David.
Source: wiktionary
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