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n. an order to appear in person at a given place and time

n. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

summon, call for, cite

v. call in an official matter, such as to attend court

bid, command, bidding, dictation

n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

beck

n. a beckoning gesture

call

n. a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"

challenge

n. a call to engage in a contest or fight

indictment

n. an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"

credit, reference, citation, quotation, quote, mention

n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

subpoena, serve with a subpoena, summon with a subpoena

v. serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

demand, condition, qualify, specify, stipulate

v. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"

test, quiz

v. examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

face, confront, face up to, come to grips with

v. deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

attempt, try, essay, assay, seek

v. make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

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