- present tense form of summon (3rd person singular).
summons
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Issuing the summons against the four men last year, District Judge Stephen Leake said the EA alleged there had been "a deliberate plan by officers of the company to manipulate the OSM regime".
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
As the warmer weather summons us to spend more time outdoors, we might find ourselves feeling a little crowded.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
There was a fake but convincing summons from the Sao Paolo police apparently charging one individual with money-laundering, typically used to scare victims into transferring funds or information about bank accounts.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The blade Lesedi summons is thinner than mine, but looks sharper and more defined.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
They had obtained the warrant after he ignored multiple summonses to appear for questioning.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
At Yale, the police placed protesters’ wrists into zip ties on Monday morning and escorted them onto campus shuttles to receive summonses for trespassing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 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
Bradley Orr, who has played for Bristol City, QPR and Blackburn Rovers, was summonsed to court after refusing to close Cirque-d-Play in Merseyside.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2021
He posted the following on Twitter after being summonsed:
From Time ● Oct. 14, 2016
Dangerous witnesses were shipped to places whence they could not be summonsed.
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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