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SUBPOENA, chancery practice (law)


SUBPOENA, chancery practice. A mandatory writ or process, directed to and requiring one or more persons to appear at a time to come, and answer the requiring one or more persons to appear at a time to come, and answer the matters charged against him or them; the writ of subpoena was originally a matters charged against him or them; the writ of subpoena was originally a process in the courts of common law, to enforce the attendance of a witness process in the courts of common law, to enforce the attendance of a witness to give evidence; but this writ was used in the court of chancery for the to give evidence; but this writ was used in the court of chancery for the game purpose as a citation in the courts of civil and canon law, to compel game purpose as a citation in the courts of civil and canon law, to compel the appearance of a defendant, and to oblige him to answer upon oath the the appearance of a defendant, and to oblige him to answer upon oath the allegations of the plaintiff. allegations of the plaintiff. 2. This writ was invented by John Waltham, bishop of Salisbury, and 2. This writ was invented by John Waltham, bishop of Salisbury, and chancellor to Rich. II. under the authority of the statutes of Westminster chancellor to Rich. II. under the authority of the statutes of Westminster 2, and 13 Edw. I. c. 34, which enabled him to devise new writs. 1 Harr. 2, and 13 Edw. I. c. 34, which enabled him to devise new writs. 1 Harr. Prac. 154; Cruise, Dig. t. 11, c. 1, sect. 12-17. Vide Vin. Ab. h.t.; 1 Prac. 154; Cruise, Dig. t. 11, c. 1, sect. 12-17. Vide Vin. Ab. h.t.; 1 Swanst. Rep. 209. Swanst. Rep. 209.