In a sentence
Six example sentences with subpoena, each labelled with its topic.
A subpoena arrived at the accountant's office on Friday, ordering her to appear with the ledgers on the fourteenth.
Law
The courtroom scene turns on a subpoena that forces the reluctant bookkeeper into the witness box against her employer.
Movies
The company received a subpoena for its server logs and had thirty days to hand over records it had nearly deleted.
Technology
The committee issued a subpoena to the former adviser, and he appeared with a lawyer and a folder of dates.
Politics
A subpoena summoned the surgeon to testify about the operation, and the clinic's lawyer rehearsed her answers for a week.
Medicine
The bank's compliance chief answered a subpoena in person, walking the jury through six years of wire transfers.
Finance
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Found in 7 published word lists
- United States Courts glossaryAuthoritative
- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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