resummons
Definition
Noun
- A second summons: "resummons" refers to an official order or call to appear, typically issued again after a previous summons was not answered or was ineffective.
- Legal term: In law, a "resummons" is a second writ or summons served on a defendant, often after the first one failed to achieve a response or was quashed.
Usage Examples
- (A second legal order to attend court.)
- (A repeated official call to serve on a jury.)
Advanced Usage
- "to serve a resummons": to deliver a second legal order to a person.
- The sheriff served a resummons on the witness, who had ignored the first one. (The officer delivered the second court order.)
- "to respond to a resummons": to comply with a repeated official request.
- He finally responded to the resummons after being threatened with a fine. (He obeyed the second summons.)
Variants and Related Words
- Summons (n): an official order to appear, especially in court.
- The summons required her to appear next Monday. (The first legal order.)
- Resummon (v): to summon again.
- The judge decided to resummon the expert witness. (To call again officially.)
Synonyms
- Second summons: a repeated official call.
- Re-citation: a formal re-call to appear (less common).
- Re-request: a repeated demand for attendance (informal).
Phrasal Verbs
- Summon up: to call forth or gather (not directly related to "resummons").
- He had to summon up the courage to face the court. (To gather inner strength.)
- Call in: to request someone’s presence.
- The manager called in the employee for a second meeting. (To request attendance again.)
Related Idioms
- Answer the call: to respond to a summons or request.
- He failed to answer the call of the resummons. (He did not respond to the second order.)
- Second time’s the charm: a saying implying that a second attempt may succeed.
- With the resummons, the court hoped second time’s the charm. (The second summons might work better.)