subpoena

（動詞）召喚する、召喚令状を発する


発音が特殊な単語です。"sub"の"-b-"はsilentで発音しないのと、"-oe-"は実質"e"の長音のように発音されます。

Google Newsを見ていましたら、Entertainmentでは最近亡くなったマイケル・ジャクソンの記事がダントツです。


Michael Jackson's health records are subpoenaed

Investigators trying to determine how Michael Jackson died are faced with the daunting task of creating an accurate medical biography for a superstar whose ailments, surgeries and doctors have been tabloid fodder for three decades.

Jackson has seen more than a dozen doctors since 1993, according to various public records and accounts, and investigators are now collecting as much medical data about him as possible.

Sources told The Times on Thursday that the Los Angeles County coroner's office has requested and subpoenaed medical files and records from a number of doctors who treated the singer.
(Los Angels Times. July 10, 2009.)


この単語の語源ですが、ラテン語で"sub poena"（罰則の下に）というフレーズから来ています。

ラテン語poena（"a"は長音）は名詞poenaの奪格形なのですが、罰を意味する名詞です。カタカナのペナルティ（penalty）も同語源です。