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subpoena

noun as in writ

Strong match

verb as in issue a writ

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The documents reviewed by the Journal were produced via subpoena by banks and other parties for the impeachment trial.

Hill’s testimony prompted Jordan to subpoena Bank of America in November 2023.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has been gathering information, including through subpoenas it issued, about MassMutual’s bookkeeping around income on billions of dollars of loans it holds in its general investment account, the people said.

The association also said that the subpoena of staff contact information at Cal State L.A. raises “serious concerns about our members’ privacy.”

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Other bills signed by Newsom on Saturday prohibit school officials and employees from allowing federal agents conducting immigration enforcement to enter school sites without a warrant, court order or judicial subpoena.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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