Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In law, a writ to commission one who is not a judge to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. The Latin form of writ began “Dedimus potestatem,” we have given power.
Wiktionary
- n. law A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, such as to examine a witness, etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.
Etymologies
- Latin dedimus ("we gave"), from do ("I give"). So called because the writ began "Dedimus potestatem […] ". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Last week's term was dedimus potestatum, which is defined as:”
“Last Sunday's term was dedimus potestatum, which is defined as:”
“Nunquam dedimus, quin ex una aut altera assumptione, Deo juvante, fuerint ad salutem restituti.”
“Hinc vsque Corrensam peruenimus, cui iterum à nobis donaria petenti non dedimus, quia non habebamus.”
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini
“In die porrò Sabbathi sancti ad stationem fuimus vocati, et exiuit ad nos procurator Bathy prædictus, dicens ex parte ipsius, quòd ad Imperatorem Cuyne in terram ipsorum iremus, retentis quibusdam ex nostris sub hac specie, quòd vellent eos remittere ad Dominum Papam, quibus et literas dedimus de omnibus factis nostris, quas deferrent eidem.”
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini
“Cap. In crastino mane venit quidam sacerdos frater ipsius Coiac postulans vasculum cum chrismate, quia Sartach volebat illud videre, vt dicebat, et dedimus ei.”
“Et venit ad nos interpres ipsius, qui statim cognito, quod nunquam fueramus inter illos, poposcit de cibis nostris, et dedimus ei, poscebat etiam vestimentum aliquod, quia dicturas erat verbum nostrum ante dominum suum.”
“Cum illis bibimus cosmos: et dedimus illis vnum veringal plenum fructibus et panem biscoctum.”
“He carried home with him all the knavish chicanery of the lowest pettifogger, together with a wife whom he had purchased of a drayman for twenty pounds; and he soon found means to obtain a dedimus as an acting justice of peace.”
“Quare secund鵰 nostram beneuolentiam et gratiam innatam, optata su� maiestatis apud nos grata fuere: Et hoc nostrum priuilegium iustitijs plenum dedimus maiestata su� Et”
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