monition

A warning or intimation of something imminent, especially of impending danger.

Cautionary advice or counsel; an admonition.

A formal order from a bishop or ecclesiastical court to refrain from a specified offense.

A summons, especially in admiralty court.

Admonition; warning; instruction given by way of caution: as, the monitions of a friend.

Indication; intimation.

In civil and admiralty law, a summons or citation, especially used to commence a suit, or in a proceeding to confirm a title acquired under a judicial sale and to silence all adverse claims.

In ecclesiastical law, a formal notice, sent by a bishop to one of the subordinate clergy, to require the amendment of some ecclesiastical offense; a monitory letter.

Synonyms Admonition, Monition, Reprehension, etc. See admonition.

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.