subpoenaed

[suh-pee-nuhd, suhb-]

adjective

Law.

1. (of a witness or evidence) required by a subpoena to appear or be submitted before a court or other deliberative body.

   The subpoenaed recordings include over 33 hours of conversations, mostly between the defendant and his parents and brother.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of subpoena.

Other Word Forms

• unsubpoenaed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of subpoenaed¹

First recorded in 1840–45; subpoena + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; subpoena + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

In a statement the UCU said: "The current QUB chancellor, Hillary Clinton, has been subpoenaed along with her husband, ex-US President Bill Clinton, to a congressional committee to give evidence concerning Epstein's business affairs."

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Democrats in Congress released copies of the so-called "birthday book" after the documents were subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee last month.

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Lawyers for Epstein's estate sent documents to the House Oversight Committee after they were subpoenaed last month.

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On Tuesday evening, 33,000 pages and several videos were made public by the House Oversight Committee, which has subpoenaed the Justice Department and Epstein estate.

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It transforms historically static records – think department of motor vehicles files, police reports and subpoenaed social media data like location history and private messages – into a fluid web of intelligence and surveillance.

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