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Duces tecum

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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Bring you with you, — applied to writs, where a party summoned to appear in court is required to bring with him some piece of evidence, or other thing that the court would view. v. Subpoena duces tecum; — licet laiiguidus: bring with you, although sick, — a writ, now obsolete, directed to the sheriff, upon a return that the prisoner was sick.