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Subpoena Poena Writ Witness Payment Claim Latin Penalty

单词 subpoena
音标 [səb'pi:nə]
解释 n.(法律)传票;v.传讯
红宝书 【英】 n.(法律)传票(a written order requiring a person to appear in court);v.传讯 (to summon with a writ of subpoena)
【考】 subpoena : witness / conscript : soldier(传讯召证人/征兵召 士兵)royalty : payment / subpoena : writ(版税是一种酬劳/传 票是一种书面命令)lien : claim / subpoena : command(扣押权是一种权利/ 传票是一种命令)
【记】 sub(下面)+poena (=penalty惩罚)→在 惩罚下→传讯
【例】 subpoena sb. to testify(传某人到庭 作证)
字源 subpoena (n.)
early 15c., sub pena, from Medieval Latin sub poena "under penalty," the first words of the writ commanding the presence of someone under penalty of failure, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + poena, ablative of poena "penalty" (see penal). The verb is attested from 1630s.
不择手段背单词 n. (法律)传票(传唤到庭作证的书面命令)
【记】sub下面, poena = penalty(n 惩罚)-面临惩罚-传讯
【类】subpoena: witness = conscript: soldier传讯召证人 = 征兵召士兵royalty: payment = subpoena: writ版税是一种酬劳 = 传票是一种书面命令lien: claim = subpoena: command扣押权是一种权利 = 传票是一种命令
趣味全助记 【记】sub + penalty 处于惩罚下,所以法院送传票;sub pen 用笔写东西传下边人

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