dedimus

Noun

(plural dedimuses)

(law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, such as to examine a witness, etc.

Origin

Latin dedimus (“we gave”), from do (“I give”). So called because the writ began "Dedimus potestatem […] ".

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