{"id":69261,"date":"2018-07-23T07:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T05:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcm.be\/glossarium\/summons\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:11:16","slug":"summons","status":"publish","type":"glossarium","link":"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/glossarium-en\/summons\/","title":{"rendered":"Summons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>summons<\/strong> is an extra-judicial document addressed by the <strong>creditor<\/strong> , via a <a href=\"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/bailiff\/\">bailiff<\/a> , to the defaulting <strong>debtor<\/strong> , ordering the latter to appear before the appointed court. <br>Generally occurring after an attempt at <a href=\"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/amicable-recovery\/\">amicable recovery<\/a> has proven fruitless, the <strong> issue of a summons<\/strong> announces the launch of <strong>judicial recovery proceedings<\/strong>.<br><br>Updated 23\/07\/2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitions provided under this section refer to the Belgian situation; unless specified otherwise. The texts are meant to summarize concepts in daily language and should not be considered as comprehensive or definite. We welcome suggestions for modifications or additions at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:glossary@tcm.be\">glossary@tcm.be<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-69261","glossarium","type-glossarium","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossarium\/69261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossarium"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossarium"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcm.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}