1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something.
2. law A notice summoning a defendant to appear in court.
3. law A notice summoning a person to report to court as a juror or witness.
4. law to serve a court summons to.

1. A call to do something, especially to come.
2. A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
3. to serve someone with a summons.
4. third-person singular simple present indicative form of summon.

1. the act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
2. A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
3. A demand to surrender.
4. to summon.

1. A call, especially by authority or the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some public duty; an invitation, request, or order to go to or appear at some place, or to do some other specified thing; a call with more or less earnestness or insistence.
2. in law, a call by authority to appear in a court or before a judicial officer; also, the document by which such call is given; a citation to appear before a judge or magistrate.
3. Milit., a call to surrender.
4. to serve with a summons; summon.

1. call in an official matter, such as to attend court
2. a request to be present
3. an order to appear in person at a given place and time
4. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant