Summoneas
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
I. A writ of summons; a general name for writs commanding a party's appearance in court; a writ judicial, by which all personal actions are in modem times commenced. Summoneas ad auziliandum: a writ of summons on an aid-prayer. Summoneas ad 'warrantizandum: a writ of summons to a person who had been vouched to warranty.