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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

dedimus

we have given, fr.

dare

to give. So called because the writ began,

Dedimus potestatem

, etc.]

(Law)

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

Bouvier.

dedimus ‎(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.
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