| Main Entry: | summons |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal call |
Synonyms: |
indictment, order, subpoena, warrant, writ |
| Main Entry: | summons |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subpoena |
Synonyms: |
call, citation, notification, process, requisition, writ |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
Synonyms: |
amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | arraignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
Synonyms: |
bill of indictment, charge, citation, denunciation, impeachment, indictment, prosecution, summons, trial |
Antonyms: |
acquittal |
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money or services |
Synonyms: |
advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender |
| Main Entry: | bidding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command |
Synonyms: |
behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand, announcement |
Synonyms: |
appeal, bidding, command, invitation, notice, order, plea, proposal, request, solicitation, subpoena, summons, supplication, visit |
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award |
Synonyms: |
bidding, charge, commendation, encomium, mention, panegyric, reward, salutation, summons, tribute |
Antonyms: |
demerit |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
Synonyms: |
act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |