A writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure

Definition 3

'in or into a condition of subjection'

Jackson6612a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure

Are you the author of this sentence, Jackson?

While I agree with Rover as to the meaning, I'm unaccustomed to this exact form. The whole sentence might help.

I'm used to hearing, ". . . . ordered to appear under penalty of X."

That

Thank you, Rover, Avangi.

@Avangi: It was taken from M-W Collegiate Dictionary.

Is the use of the phrase "subjection to" correct? Please let me know. Thanks.

a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court subjection to a penalty for failure

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Jackson6612a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court subjection to a penalty for failure

Hi, Jackson,
What I see at MW is the definition as Rover presented it: in or into a condition of subjection

You could conceivably substitute this for the word "under."
I don't find the exp

Thank you, Avangi.

AvangiWell, I should not have said that a definition of the word "under" can be substituted for the word "under.""Definitions" are not necessarily synonyms. Sometimes they're explanations.

Yes, that's right. That was the reason I didn't directly substitute the definition of "under" in my last post. In my view, mostly definitions give general s

Avangi"Under" is a preposition. It would take the place of "in or into" in the blue phrase: under a condition of subjection

Hi again, Avangi,

In the original definition, "a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure", the "under" functions as an adverb, right? What you are doing is that first you replace t

"Under" can be an adverb, but not when it is followed by an object as it is here. I read it as a preposition.

The ether finally put him under. adverb

<< In the original definition, "a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure" >>

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Avangi"Under" can be an adverb, but not when it is followed by an object as it is here. I read it as a preposition.The ether finally put him under. adverb<< In the original definition, "a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure" >>I'm still patiently waiting for a URL which takes me to this "definition." It is a

Sorry, Jackson. I'm still struggling with V7.

I got to your thread via the "notification" system, and your first post was not visible. I was unaware of its existence.

Yes, the definition of "under" which Rover cited correctly describes the use of "under" in your definition of "subpoena."

But the sentence fragment, "a writ commanding a perso