English Explanatory Dictionary

dedimus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

dedimus dedimuses

Etymology

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

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