- present tense form of summon (3rd person singular).
summons
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Grand jury proceedings over the user’s case are continuing, six months after the original summons was issued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Wright's lawyers told the High Court in June that the EA did not have the power to issue the summons and it should be thrown out.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The court then sends a summons to that agent, which can decide to appear in court or pay a fine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Victoria Gerrard is another wheelchair user who recently received a jury summons.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
It was hard to pass up a summons from Coogie, and it was hard to pass up a Wonder, except if it was from Rae Ellen.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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
Piles of legal documents began arriving almost daily at Deborah’s door: summonses and petitions and updates and motions.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
“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
He also appears to have been annoyed that Spain was drawn in – in Tehran, the Spanish ambassador had been summonsed by the foreign ministry to explain Madrid’s role.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2019
He posted the following on Twitter after being summonsed:
From Time ● Oct. 14, 2016
"Do you know I have summonsed Morris Kerlinski?"
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
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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