- a variation of subpoena.
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Baptized Subpena, a man childe found at the Subpena office in Chancery Lane.”—St.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
Subpœna, Subpena, sub-pē′na, n. a writ commanding the attendance of a person in court under a penalty.—v.t. to serve with a writ of subpœna.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various