subpoena
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- writ hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
serve or summon with a subpoena
The witness and her records were subpoenaed
Types & categories
- swear out hypernym
Related & opposite
- subpoena derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | subpoena |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | writ |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subpoena |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swear out |