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Summons

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004771

A legal document issued by a court that notifies a person they are being sued or ordered to appear in court. It informs the recipient of the lawsuit against them and the deadline to respond. Failure to respond to a summons can result in a default judgment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004771
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004771",
  "term": "Summons",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal document issued by a court that notifies a person they are being sued or ordered to appear in court. It informs the recipient of the lawsuit against them and the deadline to respond. Failure to respond to a summons can result in a default judgment.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/summons/"
}

Record 4,868 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.