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bench warrant

【英文】More commonly，a bench warrant will be issued to someone who did not show up for a scheduled court date，or for someone who decides to disobey a subpoena to testify in a case.

【譯文】通常，如果某人不按法院規定之期限出庭或拒絕到法院作證之傳喚，就會收到法院傳票。

【解釋】bench指法官，bench warrant意為 a warrant issued by a judge。因此，bench warrant可譯為“法庭傳票”、“法院傳票”、“法官傳票”、“拘捕令”等。

再如：

Bench warrants in misdemeanor cases can usually be handled by an attorney without the defendant having to appear in court and without the defendant having to post bail.〔譯文：輕罪案件的法院傳票一般由律師出面解決，無需被告出庭，被告也不必交納保釋金。〕