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summons

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noun as in invocation

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noun as in subpoena

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Bury, who worked as a response officer, was arrested and interviewed in March before being summonsed to appear at court.

From BBC

The data, which was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, showed that just three per cent of cases resulted in charges or a court summons being issued.

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Citizenship and Immigration Services office to establish his green-card status, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are arresting those answering the summons.

Before that he had refused to comply with multiple summonses as part of the criminal investigation on insurrection charges, which led to the arrest warrant.

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They had obtained the warrant after he ignored multiple summonses to appear for questioning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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