summons SUHM-uhnz noun WS #39

an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing it; a call to come to a specified place or attend to a particular matter; an urgent request for someone's presence or action

1. The emergency summons brought all department heads to an urgent meeting about the crisis.
2. She ignored the summons from her boss and continued working on her current project.
3. The jury summons required all selected citizens to report for duty at the courthouse.
4. The summons to the principal's office made the nervous student wonder what he had done wrong.
5. The defendant received a summons to appear in court for the hearing next month.