call the court it was issued from to confirm
A summons.
"I received a summons to appear in court."
a supeona
Appear in court.
"Summons" can be either a noun or a verb. As a noun, it refers to an official order to appear before a court or a call to someone to be present. As a verb, it means to issue such an order or to call someone to come.
Either you or your legal representative appear in court in response to a summons, or otherwise satisfy its requirements.
Yes. If you are ordered to appear in a court, you must appear no matter what.
== == * A "summons to appear" is a letter to inform you are being sued, and to appear in court. It is commonly filed with the complaint letting you know what you are being sued for. Whoever receives the summons needs to file their answers with the court stating if they agree to, or deny, the allegations, as well as appear at the place and time as stated on the summons. By definition a traffic ticket is an example of a common form of summons. Beside testifying in a criminal case, summons are issued in any court proceeding that requires testimony or deposition of the named party.
A writ of summons is another term for a summons, a notice in law summoning a person to appear in court, such as a defendant, a juror or a witness.
As long you don't receive summons from the court, you need not appear in the court.
summons or subpoena.