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Auskunftsanordnung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • subpoena noun A legal order requiring someone to appear in court or produce evidence, under threat of punishment for ignoring it.

Senses

Auskunftsanordnung is used for these senses in English:

  • subpoena (law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.

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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