All 4 Uses of
summon
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- An elderly female, no more young, left the building of the courts of chancery, king's bench, exchequer and common pleas, having heard in the lord chancellor's court the case in lunacy of Potterton, in the admiralty division the summons, exparte motion, of the owners of the Lady Cairns versus the owners of the barque Mona, in the court of appeal reservation of judgment in the case of Harvey versus the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation.†
Chpt 10summons = calls forth; or a document calling to come
- The baby policeman, Constable MacFadden, summoned by special courier from Booterstown, quickly restored order and with lightning promptitude proposed the seventeenth of the month as a solution equally honourable for both contending parties.†
Chpt 12summoned = called forth; or called to come
- Mine host came forth at the summons, girding him with his tabard.†
Chpt 12 *summons = calls forth; or a document calling to come
- Somewhere imperceptibly he would hear and somehow reluctantly, suncompelled, obey the summons of recall.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
to call to appear, come, or take action -- often used for official or serious situations, including legal notices or emotional/spiritual urges