No
It's where a person has to go to court, by order. Sub poena means 'under penalty'.
It is possible - ignoring a subpoena is a "contempt of court. It depends on what the judge decides.
"Subpoena" means, literally, "under penalty" (Latin sub poena). In law it refers to an order to appear or suffer a penalty for contempt of court.
NO,it is not...
It means 'punisment'.
As is common with all Latin words, they become the root of many of our English words. Poena seems to be the root of Pain and Punishment.In Roman mythology, Poena(also Poine) is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution. The Latin word poena, "pain, punishment, penalty", gave rise to English words such as subpoenaand pain. The original word is the Ancient Greek poinḗ(ποινή), also meaning "penalty."
Translating English words to Latin can be hard. Pain in Latin is dolor, morsus, poena, angor, ango, cruciatus, adflictio, poena, and afflictio.
The word "penalty" comes from the Latin word "poena," which means punishment.
yes
Poena was the Greek Goddess of Punishment. Poena was the daughter of Aether and Gaea, she was a minor Greek deity.
only if you receive a court summons saying that you need to appear in court to testify.
Somewhat.