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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
subpoena, subpena (n., v.)
 
 
Even though modern American English has dropped most of the old oe and ae digraphs (as in the old spellings of oeconomics and mediaeval), subpena is not yet widely used, and Edited English still usually prefers subpoena. See SPELLING (1).  1
 
 
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