- present tense form of summon (3rd person singular).
summons
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The summons was issued last year but Wright launched a legal challenge which was dismissed by two senior judges on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Although summer is celebrated as a lazy idyll, it also summons an impulse toward tests of brain and brawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
If “Masters of the Universe” tanks, here’s hoping Galitzine summons the strength to dig himself out of the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Even the magic button that summons Diet Cokes to the Oval Office reappeared on the Resolute Desk last January, much to the irritation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
“Give us two set-ups please, Bill,” he said to the youth who appeared at his summons.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
The Justice Department letter said the French had asked for U.S. assistance three times this year, including for serving summonses on X officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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
Last month, former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary were among high-profile figures to be sent legal summonses from a congressional committee investigating the late sex offender.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
He had a backlog of jury summonses he hadn’t responded to, and it was time to make it right.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
The debate over the Super had not let up, resulting in frequent summonses to Washington.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“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
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
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