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adj
Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
Borrowed 1750 from French rogatoire, from Medieval Latin rogātōrius (“interrogatory”), from rogō (“to ask, enquire”). By surface analysis, Latin rog- + -ate + -ory.
