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subpoena

[suh-pee-nuh, suhb-] / səˈpi nə, səb- /




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Every question asked, every draft generated, every strategic pivot is preserved in the platform’s logs and available on subpoena.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In a unanimous opinion issued Thursday, justices from the state’s first appellate district found that an oversight body in Sonoma County is legally authorized to subpoena the county sheriff’s office while probing whistleblower inquiries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his titles last year due to his ties with Epstein, cannot be forced by a subpoena to go to the US and has not responded to the request.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Local and state prosecutors don’t have the authority to subpoena them for evidence like in a typical criminal investigation.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Two women with some young children went in first, then some white men, each holding up his subpoena for the deputy.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe