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Indictment

absolute discretion [which must be exercised, Reg. v. Adamson, (1875) 1 QBD 201] of the justices either to summon the alleged offender before them, or to leave the prosecutor to his remedy by indictment unsupported by the

Summoneas

Summoneas, [Law Lat. you are to summon'] a writ-judicial of great diversity, according to the divers cases wherein it

Habeas corpora juratorum

of the jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from the King's Bench and Exchequer for the same

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Preconizate

To proclaim to publish also to summon to call

Call

To command or request to come or be present to summon as to call a servant

Great Seal

that there should be one Great Seal for the United Kingdom, to be used for sealing writs to summon the Parliament, and for sealing treaties with foreign states and all public acts of state which concern the

Calling

The act of one who calls a crying aloud esp in order to summon or to attact the attention of some one

Cite

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear as before a court to summon

Conjure

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner to implore earnestly to adjure

Convoke

To call together to summon to meet to assemble by summons

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