summons

Instead of basking in the wealth he had amassed as a banker and financier, Mellon accepted a summons from President-elect Warren G. Harding and got on a train to Marion, Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Vehicle thefts have risen by almost 50% in a decade, yet just 3% of offences resulted in a charge or summons last year, BBC analysis has found.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Father Louis Cameli, a priest at Holy Name Cathedral, said the news was "not just a medical event" but a "spiritual summons" to trust God.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

According to the filing, attempts were made to serve Seaver with a summons on three separate occasions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

So here I am, my hair dancing about like whiskers behind me, and my hands flapping like wings, flying above the world until Pa summons me away.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

According to a spokesperson, who directed me to a specific code, there were 96 summonses issued for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The summonses require the reporters to appear before a grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday, the Times said.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The summonses were issued "as part of the application of administrative sanctions in accordance with the applicable provisions", the minister added.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

By late Monday at New York University, police said 133 protesters were taken into custody and all had been released with summonses to appear in court on disorderly conduct charges.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

These were the summonses that you answered with your left foot forward, your right foot back, your hands guarding your face, one slightly lower than the other, cocked like a hammer.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“There should never have been an arrest warrant, because normally she would receive a summons in the mail. In many cases, people who are charged with nonviolent offenses like this are summonsed into court.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Many of those arrested earlier in the week had been summonsed for Russian military service, state media reported.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022

Suspects are either charged directly by the police, or they are "summonsed" to be formally charged in court, after prosecution lawyers have analysed a file which police have compiled.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2022

He posted the following on Twitter after being summonsed:

From Time ● Oct. 14, 2016

"Go directly," she said, "or I'll report you and have you summonsed!"

From Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne

That meant that Turk wanted to use Mountbatten-Windsor's evidence and has been successful in summonsing him for that purpose.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

With a terrible love of summonsing, and a thorough enjoyment of a law-court, he enters into the spirit of the thing like an attorney's clerk.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Old-fashioned landladies might refuse her lunch, it is true; and a narrowminded police force might desire to secure her, and wrap her in a rug preliminary to summonsing her. 

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome