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The summons may be enforced by a court order, [5] and the law provides a criminal penalty of up to one year in prison or a fine, or both, for failure to obey the summons, [6] except that the person summoned may, to the extent applicable, assert a privilege against self incrimination or other evidentiary privileges, if applicable.
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The word praecipe moved from the Roman Empire into the medieval Latin of the English Chancery, and so reached English law.In the twelfth century, writs praecipe, addressed to sheriffs, [2] emerged as the swiftest way to bring legal disputes to the royal courts. [3]
It was delivered on August 15, 1989 in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome on the occasion of the centenary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Quamquam pluries. It discusses the importance of Saint Joseph in the Holy Family, and presents the pope's view of Saint Joseph's role in the plan of redemption. John Paul II positions Saint Joseph as breaking the ...
The summons is known by various names in different jurisdictions. The term subpoena duces tecum is used in the United States, and some other common law jurisdictions such as South Africa and Canada. The summons is called a "subpoena for production of evidence" in some U.S. states that have sought to reduce the use of non-English words and ...
In the common law legal systems, capias ad respondendum (Latin: "that you may capture [him] in order for him to reply") is or was a writ issued by a court to the sheriff of a particular county to bring the defendant, having failed to appear, to answer a civil action against him.
A summons is a legal document issued by a court. The Summons may also refer to: The Summons (Mason novel), a 1920 novel by A. E. W. Mason; The Summons (Grisham novel), a 2002 novel by John Grisham "The Summons" (hymn), a Christian hymn
A subpoena ad testificandum is a court summons to appear and give oral testimony for use at a hearing or trial. The use of a writ for purposes of compelling testimony originated in the ecclesiastical courts of Church during the High Middle Ages, especially in England.