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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
summons .
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Examples
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Meiring denied the commmand cadre had been "summonsed" by
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As Mildred had been "summonsed" as a principal and not as an employee, this left me still clear of ever having been convicted on this charge.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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Since it had been brought out at the trial that liquor was being sold in the house, Mildred was "summonsed" and paid a fine for selling liquor without a license.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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Since it had been brought out at the trial that liquor was being sold in the house, Mildred was "summonsed" and paid a fine for selling liquor without a license.
Madeleine An Autobiography Anonymous 1919
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As Mildred had been "summonsed" as a principal and not as an employee, this left me still clear of ever having been convicted on this charge.
Madeleine An Autobiography Anonymous 1919
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It means precisely that a crime is recorded as “detected”, ONLY if a person has been charged to appear at court, summonsed to appear at court, served a penalty notice or received a caution for that crime. (i think i have covered all eventualities)
See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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There it remains, a stale unexamined little brain fart until the appropriate hot button word is pressed, until summonsed up by those who instruct them directly or indirectly as to what they should believe.
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Nancy Pelosi summonsed demonic power in order to 'herd cats', also known as the House Democratic Caucus.
10 Reasons To Believe That The World Actually Did End When Health Care Passed 2010
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There it remains, a stale unexamined little brain fart until the appropriate hot button word is pressed, until summonsed up by those who instruct them directly or indirectly as to what they should believe.
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There it remains, a stale unexamined little brain fart until the appropriate hot button word is pressed, until summonsed up by those who instruct them directly or indirectly as to what they should believe.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word summonsed
I read this in the preface to a book. It seemed quite interesting and useful and generally British.
September 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word summonsed
It's common enough around these parts.
e.g. "Johnson was summonsed to appear in the Magistrates Court on two charges of breaking and entering."
September 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word summonsed
I don't know that I've ever seen it, but it does seem like a bit of archaic legalese. I love archaic legalese. And it has that bit of -nsed. Not many words have that, do they?
September 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word summonsed
Funny; I think that's why I like "cleansed."
October 1, 2009