A request to be present.

synonym: bidding.

Roget 741: command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm^†, bidding, dictum, hest^†, behest, call, beck, nod.    despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture.    demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication^†; ultimatum etc. (terms) 770; request etc. 765; requirement.    dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum [Lat.]; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.], edict, decretal^†, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit^†, ukase, ukaz [Rus.], firman, hatti-sherif^†, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius [Lat.], interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre [Fr.]; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment etc. (law) 963; plebiscite etc. (choice) 609.    ... show more

Roget 969: lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute etc. 713.    citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation etc. 938; presentment, true bill, indictment.    apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment etc. (restraint) 751.    writ, summons, subpoena, latitat^†, nisi prius [Lat.]; venire, venire facias pleadings [Lat.]; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal [Fr.]; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter^†, surrejoinder^†.    suitor, party to a suit; plaintiff, defendant, litigant etc. 938.    hearing, trial; verdict etc. (judgment) 480; appeal, appeal motion; writ of error; certiorari [Lat.].    case; decision, precedent; decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books).. ... show more

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

Polish: wezwanie

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.

synonym: process.

Dutch: aanmaning, maanbrief

Call in an official matter, such as to attend court.

synonyms: cite, summon.

Roget 969: go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse etc. 938; prefer a claim, file a claim etc. n.; take the law of, inform against.    serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge etc. (restrain) 751.    empanel a jury, implead^†, join issue; close the pleadings; set down for hearing.    try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate etc. 480.    ... show more

Dutch: dagen, dagvaarden, indagen