subpoena
pronunciation
How to pronounce subpoena in British English:
UK [səˈpi:nə]
How to pronounce subpoena in American English:
US [səˈpinə]
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- Noun:
- a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
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- Verb:
- serve or summon with a subpoena
Word Origin
- subpoena (n.)
- early 15c., sub pena, from Medieval Latin sub poena "under penalty," the first words of the writ commanding the presence of someone under penalty of failure, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + poena, ablative of poena "penalty" (see penal). The verb is attested from 1630s.
Example
- 1. Barclays has not mentioned its subpoena in any regulatory filing .
- 2. A goldman sachs spokesman declined to comment on the subpoena .
- 3. So on september 8th the sec asked a court to enforce the subpoena .
- 4. Last month , the sec followed its counterpart and issued the hedge fund with a subpoena .
- 5. A subpoena is a request for information and does not imply that a charge will follow .