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"Subpoena" Quotes from Famous Books

... transferred to some innocent man; and that, as to the cloak, it had been inside his carpet-bag. So you see, bad as he was, there was something inconsistently honourable left in him still. Poor Willy! he would not even subpoena any of his old friends as to his general character. But even if he had, what could the Court do since he pleaded guilty? And now dismiss that subject, it begins to pain me extremely. You were to speak to ...

— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... we desired to subpoena was Charles Darwin, as we needed to use passages from his works; he wrote back a most interesting letter, telling us that he disagreed with preventive checks to population on the ground that over-multiplication was ...

— Autobiographical Sketches • Annie Besant

... will not be accepted," answered the Court. "I am beginning to see the cause for the defendant's peculiar behavior in this case. Mr. Sheriff, please subpoena Miss Rita Bays." ...

— A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties • Charles Major

Words linked to "Subpoena" : serve, law, subpoena duces tecum, writ, swear out, judicial writ, process, jurisprudence