subpoena

in a sentence

Seiler subpoenaed her.†  (source) John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1994

The police already submitted a subpoena for the records.†  (source) Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, 2012

You subpoenaed documents and took depositions and pored over court records until you had put together a detailed and precise accounting of each stage in the deadly quarrel.†  (source) Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, 2008

You have the right to have me subpoena into court any evidence and/or witnesses in your favor.†  (source) Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes, 2007

The president of the company shot himself two days after being subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury.†  (source) Stephen King, The Shining, 1977

Though the subpoenas had finally stopped coming, Deborah didn't believe the lawsuit was truly over.†  (source) Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, 2010

And so they set forth—this group—Burleigh and Earl Newcomb about Sharon itself in order to gather such additional data as they might in connection with Clyde's arrival and departure from here for the Cranstons' on Friday, talking with and subpoenaing any such individuals as might throw any light on his movements; Heit to Three Mile Bay on much the same errand, to see Captain Mooney of the "Cygnus" and the three men and Mason, together with the sheriff and his deputies, in a high-powered launch chartered for the occasion, to follow the now known course of the only recently-departed camping party, first to Little Fish Inlet and from there, in case the trail proved sound, to Bear Lake.†  (source) Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, 1925

The Bureau will subpoena your books in the morning.†  (source) Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity, 1980

The judge asked that Mrs. Henderson be subpoenaed, and when Momma arrived and said she was Mrs. Henderson, the judge, the bailiff and other whites in the audience laughed.†  (source) Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969

For starters, what's Virgil going to do when the state subpoenas him to testify against you?†  (source) Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client, 2013

"I understand," Jennifer said again, "but if we have to, we'll subpoena the files.†  (source) Nicholas Sparks, The Guardian, 2003

I was being subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury on November 4 at 2:00 P.M. I was supposed to go down to Marshall Street with Lila after she got back from class.†  (source) Alice Sebold, Lucky, 1999

With a few subpoenas and some research, I could have told you where a few of his courtroom skeletons were buried-you blew it!†  (source) Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Ultimatum, 1990