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Summonitio

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

L. Lat In old English practice. A summoning or summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court, of which there were various kinds. Spelman.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old English law. A summoning or summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court; a command or precept of the king that one be before him, to answer or to do something; a precept to the sheriff, that he cause some one to come, or have the body of some one, or attach him.