0 to order someone to go to a law court to answer questions -- 傳喚（某人）出庭
A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused. 被告方律師傳喚受害人的一個朋友出庭作證。
[ + to infinitive ] They were subpoenaed to testify before the judge. 他們被傳喚到庭作證。
1 a legal document ordering someone to appear in a law court -- 傳票
Subpoenas were issued to several government employees. 已向幾個政府僱員發出傳票。
If somebody is subpoenaed, that is a different matter: they are subpoenaed.
The policeman if he is subpoenaed has to give evidence, and may have conduct money.
I can do, because responsibility for paying an attendance fee to a witness is the responsibility of the person who subpoenas him.
In a civil case a witness must look to the person who subpoenaed him for payment of his fee.
Provision is made for evidence to be taken on oath and for witnesses to be subpoenaed.
The committee is perfectly capable of subpoenaing people to come along to give it such technical advice as and when it is needed.
In the retrial, witnesses could be subpoenaed, and the whole matter could be properly threshed out.
Witnesses can be subpoenaed provided that they are within the jurisdiction of the court.
