duces tecumn.
/ˈdjuːsiːz ˈtiːkʌm/ Law.
A writ commanding a person to produce in court specified documents or other things which are in his custody, and are required as evidence.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons > subpoena for documents
duces tecum1617
subpoena duces tecum1730
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Duces tecum, is a Writ commanding one to appeare at a day in the Chauncerie, and to bring with him some peece of euidence, or other thing that the Court would view.
1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words
1715 Amer. State Papers Misc. (1834) I. 682.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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