late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin sub poenaunder penalty (the first words of the writ). Use as a verb dates from the mid 17th cent
英英釋義行業(yè)釋義網(wǎng)絡(luò)釋義
noun
1.a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
the spokeswoman said that the two subpoenas had been sent to Deane and Foster of Merrill Lynch Investment Bank .該發(fā)言人說,這兩張傳票已分別送達美林投資銀行人員狄爾尼和佛斯特手中。
+jury subpoenas
1 . 陪審團的傳票
tax laws were discriminatorily enforced , conspicuous surveillance and visible " investigative " interviews with activists , and grand jury subpoenas .歧視性,明顯的監(jiān)視,以及可見的“調(diào)查”,與活動成員的會面,和大陪審團的傳票。
+subpoenaed her
1 . 傳她
The court subpoenaed her as a witness ., 法庭傳她作證.
+congressional subpoena
1 . 國會的傳票
president Bush has ordered his former White House counsel Harriet Miers defy a congressional subpoena .布什總統(tǒng)已要求他的前白宮顧問哈里特。米爾思拒絕接受國會的傳票。