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4) Information ,
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6) Supervised Release Violation Petition
7) Violation Notice
8) Order of Court
9) Complaint ,
10) perjury
NOTE: More serious criminal charges are called indictable offences.Major indictable offences include offences such as murder, rape, arson, perjury, threatening or endangering life and culpable driving causing death.
UNITED STATES SUPERIOR COURT for the
District of Columbia
United States of America v.
____________________
Defendant
Case No.
SUMMONS IN A CRIMINAL CASE
YOU ARE SUMMONED to appear before the United States district court at the time, date, and place set forth below to answer to one or more offenses or violations based on the following document filed with the court:
Indictment Superseding Indictment Probation Violation Petition Information Superseding Information Supervised Release Violation Petition
Violation Notice Order of Court Complaint
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This offense is briefly described as follows:
Date: ______________ ________________________
Issuing officers signature
________________________
Printed name and title
I declare under penalty of perjury that I have:
Executed and returned this summons Returned this summons unexecuted
Date: ______________ ________________________
Issuing officers signature
________________________
Printed name and title
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the
__________ District of __________
__________________
Plaintiff v.
__________________
Defendant
Civil Action No.
SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION
To: (Defendants name and address)
A lawsuit has been filed against you.
Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiffs attorney, whose name and address are:
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If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court.
CLERK OF COURT
Date: _____________ _________________________
Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk
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1) Who usually receives summons?
2) How are summons delivered to the participants of the trial?
3) What information does summons include?
4) What happens if somebody refuses to accept a summons?
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1. (Present Participle Active, Present Participle Passive, Past Participle Passive):
The judge presiding over the trial was totally impartial.
The witness being questioned by the prosecutor is giving false testimony. The judgments made by the court should always be fair.
2. (any Participle forms): While hearing the case the judge dealt with different evidence. Being interested in this court trial I follow all news.
Having given the evidence the witness left the witness box.
3. (to hear, to see etc.), , , , .
The public watched the trial being broadcast.
The defendant heard his sentence pronounced by the judge. The victim saw the defendant coming into the courtroom.
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