Spanish term
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Ecuadorian )
Works in: Spanish to English
la citación con la demanda
| 4 | Subpoena (or: summon to appear on a certain date) |
Seth Phillips
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| 4 | service of notice of the complaint |
Cristina Zavala
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United States
M.S. Leg/Fin Translator - 12 yrs - MemoQ
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 2 more.
Subpoena (or: summon to appear on a certain date)
Tom West has an example under Reconvención:
• Hay que requerir al deudor para constituirle en mora. La reconvención judicial se produce con la citación con la demanda.
• To be deemed officially in default, the debtor must be served with a formal demand for payment. Such formal demand occurs when the complaint is served on the debtor.
Here are references from Rebecca Jower's Lexicon of Spanish-English Legal Terminology:
UNDER "Cuerpo de Auxilio Judicial"
"Although both may be translated in English as “summons”, a citación is a summons ordering the recipient to do something at a given date and time (cita), while an emplazamiento is a summons in which the recipient is given a period of time or term (plazo) in which to comply with the terms of the summons. In many English-speaking jurisdictions, a summons stipulating a penalty for noncompliance (citación con apercibimiento) is a 'subpoena'."
UNDER "Defectos de los actos procesales"
Citación (que señala día y hora para comparecer): Summons (specifying a date and time to appear in court)
Emplazamiento (con período de tiempo para hacer lo que en él se ordena): Summons (specifying a term in which to comply with the order contained therein)
Ecuador
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
service of notice of the complaint
http://www.derechoecuador.com/articulos/detalle/archive/doct...
PARA QUE SE PUEDA EJERCITAR el derecho de defensa, la demanda debe ser citada al demandado o demandados, así se asegura la vigencia del principio de contradicción, poniendo en conocimiento del demandado las pretensiones formuladas por el actor y para que conteste la demanda.
La citación
La citación es el acto por el cual se hace saber al demandado el contenido de la demanda o del acto preparatorio y las providencias recaídas en esos escritos.
El Art. 78 del Código de Procedimiento Civil señala: "En el proceso se extenderá acta de la citación, expresando el nombre completo del citado, la forma en que se hubiera practicado y la fecha, hora y lugar de la misma.
De la notificación, el actuario sentará la correspondiente razón, en la que se hará constar el nombre del notificado y la fecha y hora de diligencia. En una sola razón podrá dejarse constancia de dos o más notificaciones hechas a distintas personas. El acta respectiva será firmada por el actuario".
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