For more information, visit: [ Ссылка ] A summons to appear is a legal document requesting that an individual appear in court. Both civil summons and criminal summons might be issued depending on the nature of the legal issue. The purpose of a summons to appear in civil cases is to provide official notification to a defendant that there is a lawsuit or legal proceeding against him. A criminal summons, on the other hand, may be issued when a person is a suspect in a crime and is ordered to appear before a judge as part of the investigation. In the United States, laws govern the ways in which defendants must be served with a summons in court to protect the defendant's right to due process.

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