Summons
71judgment debtor summons — A summons issued against a debtor under the English Bankruptcy Act …
72short summons — A summons in which the time within which the defendant is required to appear and answer is shorter than the time which is usually required …
73third-party summons — A summons or notice by which a person not originally a party to an action is summoned to answer a third party complaint …
74writ of summons — See summons …
75adjourned summons — noun English law : an originating summons that has been adjourned from chambers for a hearing in court …
76judgment summons — noun : a summons issued in an English county court requiring a judgment debtor to appear and show cause why he should not be imprisoned …
77originating summons — noun see originating notice * * * originating summons , ● origin …
78writ of summons — Date: 1660 a writ issued on behalf of the British monarch summoning a lord spiritual or a lord temporal to attend parliament …
79writ of summons — Law. a writ requiring one to appear in court to answer a complaint. [1835 45] * * * …
80Writ of summons — Writs were issued by the king to summon tenants in chief and others of the baronage to attend parliament on a specified day. Some received regular summonses to each parliament; others received only one. In time the summonses were issued to some… …