Definitions for summons
ˈsʌm ənzsum·mons

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bidding, summons(noun)

   a request to be present

   "they came at his bidding"

2. summons(noun)

   an order to appear in person at a given place and time

3. summons, process(verb)

   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

4. summon, summons, cite(verb)

   call in an official matter, such as to attend court

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Summons

   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. Summons

   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. Summons

   a demand to surrender

4. Summons(verb)

   to summon

Origin: [OE. somouns, OF. sumunse, semonse, semonce, F. semonce, semondre to summon, OF. p. p. semons. See Summon, v.]

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1. Summons

   Legally, a summons is a legal document issued by a court or by an administrative agency of government for various purposes.

How to pronounce summons?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of summons in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of summons in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of summons in a Sentence

1. John Dryden:

   All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

2. Frederick Buechner:

   Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

3. Agatha Christie:

   I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that.

4. Scott Fowler:

   She really believes she hears the faint cries of an infant. She summons her husband, who is a self-employed grading contractor. He arrives in the area and descends about a 75-foot ravine to find the child alone with a car seat over the bank.

5. John Dryden:

   All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas call'd to empire, and had govern'd longIn prose and verse, was own'd, without disputeThrough all the realms of nonsense, absolute.

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