- present tense form of summon (3rd person singular).
summons
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But a change of address meant he missed a court summons, triggering a deportation order that ICE agents noticed.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Others have received a summons for an interview in April next year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Ravalomanana was removed as Senate president in October, shortly after the protests, and was arrested at his home in December after failing to respond to a summons from the gendarmerie.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The summons from Set and Isis,” Melanie said.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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
Over the past two weeks the disgraced leader had already ignored three summonses issued for him to appear for questioning, leading a Seoul court to issue a warrant for his arrest early this week.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 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
He posted the following on Twitter after being summonsed:
From Time ● Oct. 14, 2016
Mr Markus had been summonsed to attend Bath Magistrates' Court on 10 May for a preliminary hearing.
From BBC ● May 24, 2013
If I could be punished for stealin' his goose I might be summonsed all on account of you.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
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 K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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