act de sesizare

Act prin care este sesizat organul de urmarire penala sau se dispune trimiterea in judecata a inculpatului. Cand legea prevede ca inceperea urmaririi penale nu poate avea loc fara o sesizare speciala, aceasta trebuie facuta in scris si semnata, iar actul de sesizare trebuie sa cuprinda in mod corespunzator datele prevazute de plangere. Actul de sesizare a instantei il constituie rechizitoriul sau plangerea prealabila a persoanei vatamate, in cazurile prevazute de lege.

writ of summons = citație
A judicial summons is addressed to a defendant in a legal proceeding. Typically, the summons will announce to the person to whom it is directed that a legal proceeding has been started against that person, and that a file has been started in the court records. The summons announces a date by which the defendant(s) must either appear in court, or respond in writing to the court or the opposing party or parties. The summons is the descendant of the writ of the common law. In ancient Persian law, if one failed to answer the summons of the King the punishment was death.

In England and Wales, the term writ of summons for the originating document in civil proceedings has been replaced with the term Claim Form by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). This is part of the reforms to simplify legal terminology.

citatie

Un act procedural scris prin care o persoana este chemata in fata organelor de urmarire penala sau a instantei de judecata, reglementata in cap. II, t. V, art. 175, Cod de procedura penala, partea generala. Citatia are caracter de ordin si obliga persoana citata sa se prezinte la data si locul indicat, in caz de neprezentare putandu-i-se aplica amenda judiciara prevazuta de lege. Citatia este scrisa, dar chemarea se poate face si prin nota telefonica.