Definition of Dedimus Potestatem De Attorno Faciendo

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Dedimus potestatem de attorno faciendo
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    We have given the power of receiving an attorney.

  • Dedimus Potestatem De Attorno Faciendo
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    In old English practice, A writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court by attorney without this writ.