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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sum·mons n.; pl. Summonses
 1. The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
    Special summonses by the king.   --Hallam.
    This summons . . . unfit either to dispute or disobey.   --Bp. Fell.
    He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon; but neither summons nor pardon was regarded.   --Sir J. Hayward.
 2. Law A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
 3. Mil. A demand to surrender.