subpoena ad testificandum

1. 1.

   a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court

   Synonymssubpoena

   Broaderwrit

   law

Questions about subpoena ad testificandum

What does subpoena ad testificandum mean?

subpoena ad testificandum means "a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court".

What is another word for subpoena ad testificandum?

Close synonyms include subpoena. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subpoena ad testificandum a common word?

subpoena ad testificandum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.