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Get to know Subpoena better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like writ or serve. In Dutch this translates to dagvaarden.

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Subpoena in a sentence

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Subpoena meaning

  1. A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
  2. A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852.
  3. A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.

Synonyms of Subpoena

subpoena ad testificandum writ judicial writ serve process swear out

Related words

Other words often associated with Subpoena or its synonyms:

instrument procedure answer cognition work ply deliver appendage help noesis suffice assist

Subpoena vertaling naar Nederlands

dagvaarden

Using Subpoena

  • The main meaning on this page is: A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished. | A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852. | A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.
  • Useful related words include: subpoena ad testificandum, writ, judicial writ, serve.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: dagvaarden.
  • In the example corpus, subpoena often appears in combinations such as: to subpoena, the subpoena, subpoena to.

Context around Subpoena

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

congressional 3× 2019 1× jury 1× witness 1×

Often after:

bolton 2× seeking 2× leo 1× crow 1× unclear 1× asked 1× demanding 1× witnesses 1× manhattan 1× served 1×

Sentence patterns with Subpoena

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a 2019 subpoena from the 1× a congressional subpoena 1× a congressional subpoena seeking the 1× a congressional subpoena to hold 1× a witness subpoena served in 1× attempt to subpoena bolton now 1× before his subpoena was issued 1× called the subpoena unclear and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after finding that 1× around the same 1× bannon defied a 1× based on the 1× before his subpoena 1× bolton s move 1×

Common sentence endings:

trump s possession 2× a congressional subpoena 1× a grand jury 1× by the sheriff 1× court records showed 1× house to deliver 1×

Words around Subpoena

Just before it in the word index:

subplots 45 subplot 87 subplanes 3 subplane 3 subpixels 17 subpixel 8

Just after it in the word index:

subpoenaed 96 subpoenaing 3 subpoenas 163 subpolar 5 subpopulation 10 subpopulations 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

bombardment 414 chronicles 414 earbuds 414 enhances 414 giovanni 414 insecure 414

Corpus analysis for Subpoena

  • In this selection, "subpoena" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, congressional, 2019, jury, bolton, seeking and leo stand out and add context to how "subpoena" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a 2019 subpoena from the and a congressional subpoena. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "subpoena" sits close to words such as bombardment, chronicles and earbuds, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with subpoena

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Based on the shield law, the Kauai court threw out the subpoena, he said. (14 words)

Bannon defied a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol. (16 words)

Former Vice President Mike Pence will apparently not fight a subpoena to testify in front of a grand jury. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

If the Senate fails to subpoena Bolton — and Trump said Friday in an interview on Fox that he might invoke executive privilege to block Bolton’s testimony — Pelosi said it was “not excluded” that the House might then move to subpoena him. (42 words)

Around the same time, prosecutors visited Mar-a-Lago to try to make sure all classified records were back in the federal government’s possession, following up on a May 2022 grand jury subpoena seeking all classified records in Trump’s possession. (42 words)

The subpoena was disclosed in a letter that Raskin wrote accusing Comer of coordinating with former President Trump’s team about a 2019 subpoena from the committee regarding foreign spending at Trump-owned properties. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

The subpoena was disclosed in a letter that Raskin wrote accusing Comer of coordinating with former President Trump’s team about a 2019 subpoena from the committee regarding foreign spending at Trump-owned properties.

Democrats on the Judiciary Committee finally acted this week to subpoena Leo; it’s unclear why they did not subpoena Crow.

Bolton’s move also unleashes new and complicated constitutional questions, including whether the House will attempt to subpoena Bolton now that he has acknowledged his willingness to comply with a congressional subpoena.

If the Senate fails to subpoena Bolton — and Trump said Friday in an interview on Fox that he might invoke executive privilege to block Bolton’s testimony — Pelosi said it was “not excluded” that the House might then move to subpoena him.

She called the subpoena “unclear” and “bizarre” and denied there was a willful violation of the subpoena by the sheriff.

They noted that the subpoena asked “for every document and communication related to the president and his businesses over about the last decade” and simply copied a congressional subpoena seeking the same information.

Let’s subpoena all of his records,” he said at the time, also calling for a subpoena of all records having to do with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Trump’s 2016 opponent.

After finding that the 15 boxes contained highly sensitive documents, prosecutors issued a subpoena demanding the return of any classified documents still in Trump's possession.

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And Trump is not charged with illegally retaining it or nearly 200 other documents that were returned to the U.S. government before the Justice Department issued its subpoena to Trump.

Around the same time, prosecutors visited Mar-a-Lago to try to make sure all classified records were back in the federal government’s possession, following up on a May 2022 grand jury subpoena seeking all classified records in Trump’s possession.

Bannon defied a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol.

Based on the shield law, the Kauai court threw out the subpoena, he said.

Because of its ability to conduct oversight hearings, investigate wrongdoing, and subpoena witnesses, the spotlight is on members of the House to deliver.

Before his subpoena was issued, Mr. Giuliani had confronted an array of setbacks related to his work for Mr. Trump.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will apparently not fight a subpoena to testify in front of a grand jury.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said Sunday that the chamber’s Republican majority is weighing whether to subpoena Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over a grand jury indicting former President Donald Trump.

Hunter Biden showed he has his father’s chutzpah Wednesday when he blew off a congressional subpoena to hold a woe-is-me press conference on Capitol Hill.

If Bragg continues to refuse to hand over documents or testify — as all signs and precedent suggest he will — the House committees can issue a subpoena, which they’ve already said they’re considering.

In April, Kohberger’s attorneys had a witness subpoena served in Nevada to one of the two roommates who went unharmed in the knife attack, court records showed.

Instead of complying with the subpoena, Trump ordered Nauta to start moving the boxes from the storage room up to the residence.

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Common combinations with subpoena

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "subpoena" in a sentence?
An example: "The subpoena was disclosed in a letter that Raskin wrote accusing Comer of coordinating with former President Trump’s team about a 2019 subpoena from the committee regarding foreign spending at Trump-owned properties." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "subpoena" from authentic English texts.
What does "subpoena" mean?
Subpoena means: A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
What are synonyms of "subpoena"?
Common synonyms of "subpoena" include: subpoena ad testificandum, writ, judicial writ, serve, process, swear out.
What is "subpoena" in Dutch?
"subpoena" translates to Dutch as: dagvaarden.
How many example sentences with "subpoena" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "subpoena", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.