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
英英释义行业释义网络释义
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 .该发言人说,这两张传票已分别送达美林投资银行人员狄尔尼和佛斯特手中。
+jury subpoenas
1 . 陪审团的传票
tax laws were discriminatorily enforced , conspicuous surveillance and visible " investigative " interviews with activists , and grand jury subpoenas .歧视性,明显的监视,以及可见的“调查”,与活动成员的会面,和大陪审团的传票。
+subpoenaed her
1 . 传她
The court subpoenaed her as a witness ., 法庭传她作证.
+congressional subpoena
1 . 国会的传票
president Bush has ordered his former White House counsel Harriet Miers defy a congressional subpoena .布什总统已要求他的前白宫顾问哈里特。米尔思拒绝接受国会的传票。