summons

Nouns

  • (n) a request to be present
    • they came at his bidding
    bidding,
  • (n) an order to appear in person at a given place and time
  • (n) a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant process,

Verbs

  • (v) call in an official matter, such as to attend court summon, cite,

Synonyms

bidding summon cite process

Words of close approximity

summon