a. [f. SUMMON v. + -ABLE. In AF. somounable, OF. semonnable.] That can be or is liable to be summoned.
1711. Ld. Molesworth, trans. F. Hotman’s Franco-Gallia (1721), 147. This Meeting of the Court of Judicature was … summonable by the King’s Writs.
1796. Bentham, Panopt. Corr., Wks. 1843, XI. 115. The strength … of the Barracks distant not above half-a-mile, summonable by signals.
1865. Nichols, Britton, II. 13. That in pleas of trespass … sokemen be summonable and answerable as well as others.
1872. Pall Mall Gaz., 5 Aug., 10. The court … was summonable … by himself as lessee of the duchy.
