0 to order someone to go to a law court to answer questions: --
[ + to infinitive ] They were subpoenaed to testify before the judge.
A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
1 a legal document ordering someone to appear in a law court: --
Subpoenas were issued to several government employees.
2 to order someone to go to a court of law to answer questions, or to order the appearance of documents in a court of law: --
to subpoena a witness
3 to order someone to go to a court of law to answer questions: --
4 to order that documents must be produced in a court of law: --
subpoena documents/records Company records were subpoenaed in the investigation into malpractice.
5 a legal document ordering someone to appear in a court of law or to produce documents: --
In terms of section 8, the judicial officer causes witnesses to be subpoenaed for the inquest.
They have no power to issue subpoenas or enforce them.
The committee was granted the power to issue subpoenas and offer immunity in exchange for testimony.
He has subpoenaed numerous government officials to testify before the committee and grilled them for hours.
I have wondered whether the powers of professional disciplinary bodies to secure the issue of subpoenas, while not being withdrawn, might be subject to some control.
My subpoenas cannot have reached them.
Immediately, he withdrew what he had said and refused to give his name, saying that he could not afford to be subpoenaed as a witness.
Witnesses can be subpoenaed provided that they are within the jurisdiction of the court.
