judgment summons

Law : A proceeding by a judgment-creditor against a judgment-debtor upon an unsatisfied judgment to obtain the committal of the judg ment-debtor in default of the payment of the judgment-debt. Ju-di-ca, 8. [Lat., 2d per. sing. imper. of judico to judge.] Ecclesiol.: A name formerly given to the fifth Sunday in Lent, usually known as Pa ion Sunday, because the words of the introit (Ps. xliii. 1,2) are Judica me, Deus (Judge me, O God). In the Roman Church this psalm (xlii. in Vulg.) is said-preceded and followed by a versicle and response-by the celebrant at all ma es except those for the dead, and at Pa ion-tide. The custom has obtained from at least the ninth century.