SafeTex Jul 12, 2020:

@ all Hello
I think the best answer is a combination of the two most popular suggestions. As attendance is compulsory, the summoned person will be compelled to attend if need be.
But "pursuant" is too formal here in my opinion and I therefore go with "in accordance with" or something similar.

AllegroTrans Jul 10, 2020:

These are two different meanings of 'supposed' but you cannot separate them into 'legalese' and 'vernacular' nor do they have separate pronunciations (at least not in correctly spoken English)

Eliza Hall Jul 10, 2020:

@AllegroTrans You've never noticed that? Here's the one I had in mind, the one that means assumed or believed:

"Supposed [ suh-pohzd, -poh-zid ]
1: assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
2: accepted or believed as true, without positive knowledge: the supposed site of an ancient temple."
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supposed

That one is commonly used in legal EN: the supposed evidence, supposed beneficiary (https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=861), etc. You don't hear it much in everyday spoken EN.

And then there's "supposed to" (required/expected to), for which that dictionary provides no phonetic transcription, but if you've heard Americans say it, you know that unlike the first entry above (in which we say the second S as a Z), for this meaning most of us say it as an S:

"supposed to
1: Intended to; also, believed to, expected to. For example, This pill is supposed to relieve your pain, or You're supposed to be my partner.
2: Required to, as in He is supposed to call home."
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supposed-to?s=t

AllegroTrans Jul 10, 2020:

I for one.. have never heard of a legal 'supposed' as opposed to an everyday, vernacular 'supposed' with an apparently different pronunciation. Nor has my law dictionary. Anyone else?

Cyril Tollari Jul 10, 2020:

I think it should read "lui faisant savoir" instead of "lui faisons savoir". It'd be good to have the bit before "il est censé connaître", like "un mandat de comparution qu'il est censé connaître et lui faisant savoir", which changes the whole meaning.

'faisant' and 'faisons' are pronounced the same by some non-native speakers of French.

Cyril Tollari Jul 10, 2020:

"il est censé connaître" reminds me of "nul n'est censé ignorer la loi" (nemo censetur ignorare legem)

Eliza Hall Jul 10, 2020:

Re deemed vs. supposed As I mentioned to PhilGoddard below, I wrestled with whether supposé should be "deemed." Decided against it as deemed is (a) a touch too strong and (b) inconsistent with the statement that "we informed him" (if you inform someone of X, then you know that they know X -- there's no call to deem them to be aware of X).

So I chose "supposed," not in the everyday vernacular sense (which Americans pronounce "supost"), but in the sense where it's synonymous with "assumed" or "believed" (as in "I suppose you think that's funny").

But the nuance of meaning and context that separates "supposed" from "deemed" is very thin and either one would be acceptable here.

AllegroTrans Jul 10, 2020:

Asker Please clarify as this doesn't sound like an arrest warrant but a summons or subpoena to attend. An arrest warrant would be issued later if he fails to show. Is this correct?
Be careful wording legal documents such as this; "under the pretence of the law" would never be used. Also French uses the "royal we" for judges and certain officials, whereas we would never do this in English.

Cyril Tollari Jul 10, 2020:

Right. We don't have the bit that comes before, but I think they mean: he's supposed to know, and we're letting him know, that if he doesn't do so he will be forced to do so as required by law.

Cyril Tollari Jul 10, 2020:

What country is the ST from? Something weird about it