Law 【律】
(全称 subpoena ad testificandum)
- a writ ordering a person to attend a court传票：
a subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance
可以发传票强迫他们出庭
mass noun they were all under subpoena to appear.他们全部被传唤出庭。
(subpoenas, subpoenaed 或 subpoena'd, subpoenaing)with obj.
1- summon (someone) with a subpoena（用传票）传唤：
the Queen is above the law and cannot be subpoenaed.
女王凌驾于法律之上, 不受传唤。
1.1
- require (a document or other evidence) to be submitted to a court of law要求把（文件或其他证据）呈交给法庭：
the decision to subpoena government records.
索取政府记录的决定。
词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from Latin sub poena 'under penalty' (the first words of the writ). Use as a verb dates from the mid 17th cent.