subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum
(noun) a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
subpoena
(verb) serve or summon with a subpoena; “The witness and her records were subpoenaed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subpoena (plural subpoenas or subpoenae or subpoenæ)
(legal, historical) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim.
(legal) A writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony.
The most common plural form is subpoenas. Subpoenae is a hypercorrection as the word is not derived from a Latin noun *subpœna, *subpœnæ, but from the Latin phrase sub pœna, and therefore has no Latin plural.
• witness summons (British)
subpoena (third-person singular simple present subpoenas, present participle subpoenaing, simple past and past participle subpoenaed)
(transitive) To summon with a subpoena.
• base upon
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*poe"na, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See Pain.] (Law)
Definition: A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also subpena.] Subpoena ad testificandum (. Etym: [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying.
– Subpoena duces tecum (. Etym: [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents.
Sub*poe"na, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subpoenaed; p. pr. & vb. n. Subpoenaing.] (Law)
Definition: To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
