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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.
n. 1  An order issued under the authority of a court, commanding a person to appear in court on a particular date, usually to give testimony in a legal case. 2  To serve or summon with such a writ. 3  A writ issued by a court ordering a person to appear before it. To subpoena someone is to make the person the subject of such a writ.