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noun
A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, such as to examine a witness, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
From Latin dedimus (“we gave”), from do (“to give”). So called because the writ began "Dedimus potestatem [...] ".
