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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: sub poena 'under punishment' (the first words of the written order)

subpoena

1 noun
     
Related topics: Law
sub‧poe‧na1 [countable]
lawSCL a written order to come to a court of law and be a witness
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