Mo*ni"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L.
monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E.
mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money,
Monster.] 1. Instruction or advice given
by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
Sage monitions from his friends.
Swift.
2. Information; indication; notice;
advice.
We have no visible monition 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.
4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a
party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
Shipley.
