| 单词 | subpoena |
| 释义 | subpoenaLaw sub·poe·na1 /səˈpiːnə, səb-/ noun [countableC] lawSCL a written order to come to a court of law and be a witness 〔传唤出庭作证的〕传票 Examples from the Corpus subpoena• In separate votes, the panel agreed unanimously to issue 43 subpoenas.• Only two of the 51 subpoenas focus on Republican wrongdoing.• Clinger also issued Thomason a subpoena demanding any records pertaining to the travel office case.• A subpoena to them, I suggest, is bound to uncover a good deal of information, including doctors' names.• He then handed me two grand-jury subpoenas, one to produce physical evidence a blood specimen and one to testify.• That course would doubtless prompt an application by the P.C.A. to set aside the subpoena on grounds of public interest immunity.• The commission said it could revive the subpoenas if the editors failed to cooperate with the inquiry, which opens this week.• Another three of the president's advisors were subpoenaed.• If you refuse to attend the trial we can always get you subpoenaed. Law subpoena2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp subpoenaed) [transitiveT] lawSCL to order someone to come to a court of law and be a witness 用传票传唤〔某人〕出庭作证 James was subpoenaed as a witness. ► see thesaurus at order 詹姆斯被传唤出庭作证。 Examples from the Corpus subpoena• The police would subpoena and study this footage.• The truth commission intends to subpoena Basson, who has been invited to apply for amnesty.• Nor can police subpoena his records from Georgetown University Medical Center, where he was treated for minor injuries.• Lipranzer will be called, apparently to say I instructed him not to subpoena my home phone tolls.• These people ought to subpoena some 10-year-olds who could tell them what really goes on.• This is an important development, which allows litigants before domestic courts effectively to subpoena the Commission.• Both the teacher and the board can subpoena witnesses. From Longman Business Dictionary subpoenasub·poe·na1 /səˈpiːnə, səb-/ verb [transitiveT]LAW to order someone to come to court and be a witness, or to order someone to give documents to the court Telephone companies’ records can be subpoenaed. subpoena somebody to do something We will subpoena him to give evidence. subpoenasubpoena2 noun [countableC]LAW a document ordering someone to come to court and be a witness, or ordering someone to give documents to the court The regulators issued a subpoena for documents relating to 23 company audits. (1400-1500) Latin sub poena “under punishment” (the first words of the written order) |
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