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Dubitatur

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

abb. Dub., /. It is doubted. Dubitante: doubting. Dubii juris, /. Of doubtful law. Duces tecum; I. (Bring with you.) A term applied to writs where a party summoned to appear in court is required to bring with him some evidence, or something that the court wishes to view; V. Subpoena. Duces tecum licet languidus: an old writ ordering the sheriff to bring the prisoner to court despite his illness.