(pl. summonses)
1- an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing it传唤; 传票：
a summons for non-payment of a parking ticket.
因不付违章停车罚款而被传唤。
1.1
- an authoritative or urgent call to someone to be present or to do something急召, 召唤：
with infinitive they might receive a summons to fly to France next day.他们可能会被急召第二天飞往法国。
with obj.
- chiefly Law serve (someone) with a summons【主律】用传票传唤：
with obj. and infinitive he has been summonsed to appear in court next month.他已经被传唤下个月出庭。
词源
Middle English: from Old French sumunse, from an alteration of Latin summonita, feminine past participle of summonere （see SUMMON）.