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Webster 1913 Edition


Subpena

Sub-pe′na

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Noun.
&
Verb.
T.
See
Subpoena
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Webster 1828 Edition


Subpena

SUBPE'NA

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Noun.
[L. sub and poena, pain, penalty.]
A writ commanding the attendance in court of the person on whom it is served; as witnesses, &c.

SUBPE'NA

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Verb.
T.
To serve with a writ of subpena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ.