Subpoena
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Subpoena procedure
A court order requiring you to appear to testify, or to hand over documents.
Technical: A judicial process compelling attendance to give testimony (subpoena ad testificandum) or production of documents/things (subpoena duces tecum), enforceable by contempt.
Sources: Cornell LII — Subpoena
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