(全称 subpoena ad testificandum)a writ ordering a person to attend a court 传票 a subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance. 可以发传票强迫他们出庭。 [mass noun]they were all under subpoena to appear. 他们全部被传唤出庭。
(subpoenas, subpoenaed 或 subpoena'd, subpoenaing)
[with obj.]summon (someone) with a subpoena (用传票)传唤 the Queen is above the law and cannot be subpoenaed. 女王凌驾于法律之上,不受传唤。 ■require (a document or other evidence) to be submitted to a court of law 要求把(文件或其他证据)呈交给法庭 the decision to subpoena government records. 索取政府记录的决定。
语源
late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin sub poena 'under penalty' (the first words of the writ). Use as a verb dates from the mid 17th cent