subpoena
Example Sentences
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The former prince cannot be forced by a subpoena to go to the US, which has caused a lot of frustration.
From BBC
Her office is investigating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who last month said the Fed had received grand jury subpoenas relating to his June 2025 testimony to Congress regarding its building construction project.
Maxwell had been subpoenaed to testify Monday before the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the government’s handling of the Epstein case.
“Describe any other exclusionary conduct on the part of Netflix that would reasonably appear capable of entrenching market or monopoly power,” the agency asked in the subpoena, sent to another entertainment company.
As a member of the minority, Khanna lacks subpoena power to compel responses.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.