SUBPOENA AD TESTIFICANDUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

subpoena; subpoena ad testificandum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("subpoena ad testificandum" is a kind of...):

judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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