Summon
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TO SUMMON, practice. The act by which a defendant is notified by a competent officer, that an action has been instituted against him, and that he is required to answer to it at a time and place named. This is done either by giving the defendant a copy of the summons, or leaving it at his house; or by reading the summons to him.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.