Historical evidence shows that milk thistle was used extensively as far back as 2000 years ago, though it really came into its own in Germany in the 1960s with the seeds being used to cure jaundice, hepatitis, haemorrhoids, liver problems and the depression and melancholy which can be associated with them.
A judicial summons is served on a person involved in a legal proceeding. Legal action may be in progress against the person, or the person's presence as witness may be required. In the former case, the summons will typically announce to the person to whom it is directed that a legal proceeding has been started against that person, and that a case has been initiated in the issuing court.
Like many other common law terms, the term originated in England in the Middle Ages, and the call to the bar refers to the summons issued to one found fit to speak at the 'bar' of the royal courts. In time, the English judges allowed only legally qualified men to address them on the law, and later delegated the qualification and admission of barristers to the four Inns of Court.