Legal Glossary:
Subpoena

A subpoena is a command for the person receiving this document to appear in Court or at a deposition, either to give testimony or to bring documents. A failure to comply with the subpoena can result in a financial penalty to the person subpoenaed, or in extremely rare instances, to a short jail stint for contempt. A subpoena "duces tecum" is a Latin term meaning that the recipient must bring documents to Court, or to a deposition in a lawyer's office. A personal subpoena is a command to appear in Court or a deposition to give sworn testimony. In New York, a frequent use of a subpoena is to command the "non-party deposition" of a witness to an accident.

As for the subpoena duces tecum, this is often used to compel medical providers such as hospitals, physicians, physical therapists, or chiropractors to provide their records of treatment of plaintiffs in New York slip and fall accidents, car accident cases, New York medical malpractice cases, defective product cases, or New York trucking accidents, to name a few.

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