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- In procedural law: The summons and the requirements of service
classification of writ
- In writ
use of diversion in justice system
- In diversion: Forms of diversion

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Lectric Law Library - Summons.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 11, 2018
	Add new Web site: Lectric Law Library - Summons.	Grace Young	Feb 22, 2011
	Add new Web site: USLegal - Summons Law.	Grace Young	Feb 22, 2011
	Add new Web site: OurKarnataka.com - Summons.	Grace Young	Feb 22, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998