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subpoena (noun, verb):
noun
: a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
verb
: to serve or summon with a writ of subpoena
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology :If you think you recognize the sub- in subpoena as the prefix meaning “under, beneath, below,” you’re on target. Subpoena arrived in Modern English (via the Middle English suppena) from the Latin sub poena, a combination of sub and poena, meaning “penalty.” Other poena descendants in English include impunity (“freedom from penalty”), penal (“of or relating to punishment”), and even punish. There is also the verb subpoena, as in “Defense lawyers have subpoenaed several witnesses to the crime.”
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