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A summons from the court is an order to appear at the place, time and date noted. In civil cases the defendant is not required to appear, but failure to do so generally results in a default judgment for the plaintiff.

Please do not confuse a summons with a subpoena, they are two totally different court orders. NEVER fail to respond to a subpoena!

Added: Pay particular attention to the second paragraph above. In the comon vernacular the word "summons" is loosely used to describe both items. DO NOT CONFUSE THE TWO!

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