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A subpoena /sÉËpiËnÉ/ (also subpÅna) is a writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure.
The term subpoena is from the Middle English suppena and the Latin phrase sub poena meaning under penalty. It is also spelled subpena. The subpoena has its source in English common law and it is now used almost with universal application throughout the English common law world.