"I was prepared to go to court to explain myself," she said of her delinquent rent.
But on Thursday, a judge summoned Mr. Duvalier to court to explain why he had violated his house arrest.
Andrew Jackson was summoned to Hall's court to explain why he should not be examined, and perhaps punished, for contempt.
State laws do not require bondsmen to give a reason, and no one from Mr. Zouvelos's company was in court to explain.
At the same time, the judge questioned some figures that Ms. Hanover, a television personality and actress, presented to the court to explain her monthly needs.
That case, some of the experts noted, simply asked the judges on Florida's highest court to explain the legal basis used in its earlier decision.
The Harry Potter Lexicon case kicked off in New York, with the prospect of JK Rowling appearing in court to explain why the encyclopaedia of all things Potterish infringes her copyright.
"During games, he would scream at you if you made a mistake, and he'd turn his back to the court to explain it to you," said Henefeld, a real estate developer near Tel Aviv.
First, the federal Supreme Court refused to uphold (or reject) the decision of the Florida Supreme Court to extend the deadline for hand recounts, and sent the case back for the court to explain its reasons.
Sanjay Wadhwa, Mr. Hawke's deputy at the commission, said in a statement that the traders "now have to make an appearance in court to explain their trading if they want their assets unfrozen".
