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Noun subpoena has 1 sense
  1. subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum - a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
    --1 is a kind of writ, judicial writ
    Derived form: verb subpoena1
,Verb subpoena has 1 sense
  1. subpoena - serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"
    --1 is one way to     serve, process, swear out
    Derived form: noun subpoena1
    Sample sentence:
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