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§ 9532. Form of subpoena.

(a) A subpoena for attendance of witnesses in actions under this subchapter shall be in this form:

“ County, ss. The State of Delaware,

To any constable, greeting:

Summon A. B. and C. D., to appear before one of our justices of the peace, at said justice’s office in on the day of at o’clock in the , to give evidence in a cause between A. B., plaintiff and C. D. defendant, depending before our said justice; and this they may not omit at their peril.

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* * Witness the hand and seal of the said Justice the …….. day of …….. A.D. 20….”
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(b) The summons for referees may be in the same form, substituting the words “to try,” for the words “to give evidence in.”

Code 1852, §§ 2177, 2178;  Code 1915, § 4051;  Code 1935, § 4538;  10 Del. C. 1953, § 9532;  55 Del. Laws, c. 20, § 11;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;