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English translation: witness summons, BrE civ + crim.; subpoena ad testificandum, AmE

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Italian term or phrase:atto di citazione testi
English translation:witness summons, BrE civ + crim.; subpoena ad testificandum, AmE
Entered by: EnricaZ

16:08 Dec 31, 2021
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Italian term or phrase: atto di citazione testi
l'atto di citazione dovrebbe essere il wirt of summons.
ma so che ci sono anche witness summons e subpoena ad testificum
e quindi mi sorgono dei dubbi

Questo atto di citazione testi è un atto conforme all’art. 250, comma 3, c.p.c. e all’art. 103 disp. att. c.p.c. redatto da un avvocato difensore che cita delle persone a essere sentite in un'udienza in qualità di testimoni in una causa (e la mancata comparizione può comportare una pena pecuniaria)

Ringrazio per la collaborazione!
EnricaZ
Italy
Local time: 12:12
witness summons, BrE civ + crim.; subpoena ad testificandum, AmE
Explanation:
Subpoena used to be civil justice in England & Wales and witness summons in criminal process. Now witness summons is used for both.

The question does not spell out which the 'causa' is, but assumed not be a Court Martial in 'service' (military law).

I believe this is likelier to be a subpoena ad testificandum vs. testificum, rather than a subpoena duces tecum - bring the evidence with you.
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Adrian MM.
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3 +1witness summons, BrE civ + crim.; subpoena ad testificandum, AmE
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witness summons, BrE civ + crim.; subpoena ad testificandum, AmE


Explanation:
Subpoena used to be civil justice in England & Wales and witness summons in criminal process. Now witness summons is used for both.

The question does not spell out which the 'causa' is, but assumed not be a Court Martial in 'service' (military law).

I believe this is likelier to be a subpoena ad testificandum vs. testificum, rather than a subpoena duces tecum - bring the evidence with you.


Example sentence(s):
  • A subpoena duces tecum or subpoena for production of evidence.. The term subpoena duces tecum is used in the United States, as well as some other common law jurisdictions such as South Africa and Canada.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena_duces_tecum
Adrian MM.
Austria
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: Why confuse everything with all the Latin? 'subpoena' for AE would have sufficed;the rest is just showboating;
42 mins
  -> The asker doesn't stipulate for AE. Otherwise, as you wouldn't know, Lord Woolf's anti-Latin = anti-Pontius Pilate England & Wales civil justice reforms in 1998 did away with civil-form subpoena to keep a single term of witness summons for civ. & crim.
agree  Angelo Berbotto: there is nothing wrong with expounding the differences, in particular, if that is Adrian's specialism as a barrister
2 days 5 hrs
  -> Grazie, gracias and thanks !
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