dagvaarden — meaning in English

English meaning

• convene verb To come together, or to call people together, for a meeting.
• subpoena noun A legal order requiring someone to appear in court or produce evidence, under threat of punishment for ignoring it.

Senses

dagvaarden is used for these senses in English:

• convene (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
• subpoena (law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).

subpoena — full definition

1. noun A legal order requiring someone to appear in court or produce evidence, under threat of punishment for ignoring it.
2. verb To legally compel someone to appear in court or hand over evidence.

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