Example Sentences
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“There should never have been an arrest warrant, because normally she would receive a summons in the mail. In many cases, people who are charged with nonviolent offenses like this are summonsed into court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Many of those arrested earlier in the week had been summonsed for Russian military service, state media reported.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022
These show that the median time for cases where defendants were summonsed was 977 days.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2022
He also appears to have been annoyed that Spain was drawn in – in Tehran, the Spanish ambassador had been summonsed by the foreign ministry to explain Madrid’s role.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2019
"Do you know I have summonsed Morris Kerlinski?"
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
