Synonyms for subpoena
səˈpi nə, səb-sub·poe·na

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1. subpoena, subpoena ad testificandumverb

   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 ad testificandum

2. subpoenaverb

   serve or summon with a subpoena

   "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

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1. • Serve

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1. List of paraphrases for "subpoena":

   summons, citation, assignment, summoning, call-up

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1. John Eastman:

   My legal team put together a letter responding to the subpoena request, explaining all the reasons why I was going to assert my privileges under the Fifth Amendment, not to come testify and not to produce all these documents.

2. Senate Republican:

   If we subpoena all of a sudden the former President, we know that's going to become kind of a circus so that's not necessarily something we want to do up front, but if he has pieces of information we need, we certainly will.

3. Jay Sekulow:

   We were prepared from the outset in the event of a subpoena to challenge it, we felt confident the law was clearly on our side.

4. Mike Pence:

   I am going to fight the Biden DOJ subpoena for me to appear before the grand jury because I believe it’s unconstitutional and unprecedented.

5. Alabama Sen. Doug Jones:

   The Senate needs to hear from John Bolton, the American people deserve to hear from John Bolton. If we can't get John Bolton let's get a subpoena for the book !