witness summons
noun[C]
LAWUKukusalegaldocumentorderingsomeone toappearin acourtoflawto giveinformationabout aparticularpersonorevent:
apply for/issue/serve a witness summonsWitnesssummonsescan beservedbypost.
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Expert witnesses may be subpoenaed (issued with awitnesssummons), although this is normally a formality to avoid court date clashes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is power to issue awitnesssummonsagainst a defendant in affiliation proceedings.
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Clause 3 provides for the punishment for disobedience of a witness order orwitnesssummons.
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It is left to the dis- cretion of local management to decide whether to insist on the production of awitnesssummonsfor this purpose.
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It means that there will have to be awitnesssummonsissued on application to the court.
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The court issues awitnesssummons, as necessary, of its own motion.
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The application for awitnesssummonshas to be justified, specific and timely.
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If he has awitnesssummonsor asubpoenato serve, he should be encouraged to do that in the evening or at the weekend.
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Clause 7 applies the same procedure to coroner's courts: that is to say, thewitnesssummonsand the witness order will be applicable there as in other courts.
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In place of the subpoena, the law on which has long been clouded in obscurity, there will be awitnesssummonswith clear-cut statutory provisions for its service and enforcement.
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