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Definition of: subpoena
(sə·pē′nə, səb-) noun
A judicial writ requiring a person to appear at a specified time and place under penalty for default.
—v.t. To notify or summon by writ or subpoena. Also sub·pe′na. [<Med. L <L sub poena <sub under + poena penalty]
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