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To: Nachum
sub·poe·na /səˈpēnə/Law noun: subpoena; plural noun: subpoenas; noun: subpoena ad testificandum; plural noun: subpoena ad testificandums 1. a writ ordering a person to attend a court. "a subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance" verb: subpoena; 3rd person present: subpoenas; past tense: subpoenaed; past participle: subpoenaed; past tense: subpoena'd; past participle: subpoena'd; gerund or present participle: subpoenaing 1. summon (someone) with a subpoena. "the Queen is above the law and cannot be subpoenaed" A subpoena means: `We require your attendance'. It doesn't mean, `but only if it suits your schedule, or if you haven't made other plans, say, to watch the cliff divers in Acapulco,' (or) unless you would simply rather not because it might get your boss and maybe you in a whole s***-load of trouble'. It means you must attend or you're in trouble. Unless you're dead. Or a queen.
13 posted on 05/05/2014 3:50:46 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice
sub·poe·na /səˈpēnə/Law noun

Derived from the Latin word sub; meaning underneath and the Latin word poena meaning penis.

Thus giving the word subpoena its true meaning of "They got you by the balls."

17 posted on 05/05/2014 4:01:47 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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