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Definition of Dedimus
1. n. A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.
Definition of Dedimus
1. a writ commissioning a lay judge [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dedimus
Literary usage of Dedimus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, in Ohio, and by Joseph Rockwell Swan (1850)
"A dedimus, or commission to take depositions, according to common usage, may be
granted ... Order of Court for a dedimus Potestatum. On motion to the court, ..."
2. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania (Colony) Provincial council (1852)
"Carpenter, Thomas Story- The Govr acquainted the members of the Board that three
of y° Commiss'rs named in the King's dedimus Potestatem, for admin- istring ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1914)
"deposition. He was held bound by his submission to the objection first made and
his laches by delay.36 § 647 (665). Depositions by dedimus potestatem. ..."
4. John of Gaunt's Register by John, Sydney Armitage-Smith (1911)
"... dedimus specialem, statuto predicto non obstante, ... dedimus pro nobis et
heredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, dilectis nobis Rogero vicario ..."
5. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1908)
"Depositions dedimus potestatem.—The revised statutes contain a provision that,
in any case where it is necessary in order to prevent a failure or delay of ..."
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