Define Subpoena Meaning

Subpeona, a horrid piece of paper that informs you that you have to go to court to give testimony. Commonly the cause of many heart attacks. Commonly opens with "You are hereby COMMANDED to appear."

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A Subpoena actually or correctly is an order of a court which requires a person to be present at a certain time and place or suffer a penalty (subpoena means, literally, "under penalty"). This is the tool used by Court to ensure that witnesses present themselves at a given place, date and time to make themselves available to testify.