subpoena
noun
the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
were subpoenaing
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past progressiveof subpoena.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The German had swung around toward the men behind him, as though he were subpoenaing them as witnesses.
From Captain Macklin by Richard Harding Davis
