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subpoena (səpē`nə) [Lat.,=under penalty], in law, an order to a witness to appear before a court. A subpoena ad testificandum [Lat.,= to testify under penalty], the technical term denoting an ordinary subpoena, is a command for an individual to appear at a particular time and place to testify on a specific matter. A subpoena duces tecum [Lat.,=bring with you under penalty] requires a witness to produce at trial books, personal papers, or other material relevant to a judicial proceeding. Failure to obey a subpoena constitutes contempt contempt of court can be classified as civil or criminal, direct or constructive. Civil and criminal contempts are distinguished by the function of the punishment—if it is to vindicate judicial authority, the contempt is criminal; if it is to enforce the rights and remedies ..... Click the link for more information. of court, though subpoenas can be challenged. subpoenaIn law, a writ commanding the person upon whom it has been served to appear in court or before a congressional committee, grand jury, or some other body, under a penalty for failure to comply. Unlike a summons, a subpoena may command the recipient to produce evidence necessary to the resolution of a legal matter or controversy. subpoena a writ issued by a court of justice requiring a person to appear before the court at a specified time How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Attorney's Office subpoenaing officials and contracting records at three major city departments as part of a federal grand jury investigation, the Daily News learned. Since Selikoff refused to appear as a witness in the case, the Reynolds lawyers didn't know how they could probe the validity of Selikoff's published findings short of subpoenaing the raw data behind them: some 324 linear feet of material stored in 97 file-cabinet drawers and 250 bound volumes, according to Mount Sinai. |
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