Mo-nī'tion, n.

(-nĭsh'un), n. [Lat. monītio, from monēre, to warn; Fr. monition, Pr. monicio, Sp. monicion, It. monizione.]

1. Instruction given by way of caution; admonition; warning; as, the monitions of a friend. Swift.
2. Information; indication; notice.

We have no visible monitions of other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder. 3. (Admiralty Practice.) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.