[-ING2.] That summons.
Summoning officer: one whose function is to summon jurors.
1667. Milton, P. L., III. 325. When thou … Shalt … from thee send The summoning Arch-Angels to proclaime Thy dread Tribunal.
1778. Chron., in Ann. Reg., 167. Summoning officer of the juries for the city … of Westminster.
a. 1851. Moir, Lines Isle of Bute, iii. When flew the fiery cross, with summoning blaze.
1896. Daily News, 18 March, 7/5 The summoning officer who represented the sheriff. Ibid. (1900), 22 Dec., 6/3. Highly intelligent dogs will wait for their summoning owner.
