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
Mohammed Altaf-Khan was one of four Oxfordshire councillors to be summonsed during the 2015-16 tax year according to Freedom of Information requests collected by Private Eye.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2016
He posted the following on Twitter after being summonsed:
From Time • Oct. 14, 2016
"Well," said he at length, "I done summonsed you."
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Hough, Emerson