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To summon = To request to appear; send for. Surely the only difference - from a UK perspective - is that one is a court, appointed (mumble mumble) by the Queen
by undecisive 8y ago
To summon = To request to appear; send for.
Surely the only difference - from a UK perspective - is that one is a court, appointed (mumble mumble) by the Queen, and the other is the government, appointed (mumble mumble) by the Queen.
So yes, if you've been summoned by the Queen's representatives to appear, and you refuse, that's a pretty big snub.
Of course, with a court summons, there are well defined consequences - and everyone knows it - if you refuse to attend, because it's a common enough occurrence. I don't know what the consequences would be legally speaking if you were based in the UK and refused a select committee summons - I doubt it's a particularly common occurrence.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> I don't know what the consequences would be legally speaking if you were based in the UK and refused a select committee summons - I doubt it's a particularly common occurrence. This is the problem - nobody knows what the consequence would be, so there really isn’t one. The response to ‘you must attend’, ‘or what?’ is ‘or we’re not sure - please just attend’.