monition

monition (m[schwa]-nish-[schwa]n), n.

1. Generally, a warning or caution; ADMONITION.

2. Civil & maritime law. A summons to appear in court as a defendant or to answer contempt charges. [Cases: Admiralty 44, 46; Contempt 55. C.J.S. Admiralty §§ 153–155, 159; Contempt§§ 78, 83–84.]

3. Eccles. law. A formal notice from a bishop demanding that an offense within the clergy be corrected or avoided. — monish (mon-ish), vb. — monitory (mon-[schwa]-tor-ee), adj.


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