Summon
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In practice
To notify the defendant that an action has been instituted against him, and that he is required to answer to it at a time and place named. This is done by a proper ofl Bcer's either giving the defendant a copy of the summons, or having it at his house, or by reading the summons to him.