Summons (disambiguation)
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A summons
is a legal document issued by a court
.
Summons may also refer to:
Summons
Legally, a summons is a legal document issued by a court or by an administrative agency of government for various purposes.-Judicial summons:...
is a legal document issued by a court
Court
A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law...
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Summons may also refer to:
- Arthur SummonsArthur SummonsArthur Summons is a former Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international fly-half or five-eighth...
(born 1935), Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player - The SummonsThe SummonsThe Summons is a legal thriller novel by noted American author John Grisham which was released in December 2002.-Plot summary:The main character, Ray Atlee, is a law professor with a good salary at the University of Virginia. He has a brother, Forrest, and a dying father, known to many as Judge...
, a legal thriller novel - Summons of the Lord of HostsSummons of the Lord of HostsThe Summons of the Lord of Hosts is a collection of the tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, that were written to the kings and rulers of the world during his exile in Adrianople and in the early years of his exile to the fortress town of `Akká in 1868...
, a Bahá'íBahá'í FaithThe Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories....
holy text - Zhao HunZhao HunZhao Hun is a poem by Qu Yuan, and collected in the Chu Ci . The title is translated as Summons of the Soul, or Summoning of the Soul....
a Chinese poem known in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as "Summons of the Soul"