Definition of subpoena duces tecum in English:
subpoena duces tecum
nounsəˌpiːnə djuːsiːz ˈtiːkəmsəˌpēnə ˌdo͞osēz ˈtēkəm
Law A writ ordering a person to attend a court and bring relevant documents.
Example sentencesExamples
- The second was a subpoena duces tecum in the course of other litigation.
- When the original of a document is in the possession of a stranger to the litigation, the proper course for the party desiring to prove the contents of the document is to serve the stranger with a subpoena duces tecum.
- In civil cases (say, your average defamation case, or copyright infringement) they can just issue a subpoena duces tecum to the ISP.
- Later, the father's attorney sends the doctor a subpoena duces tecum requiring the physician to appear at a deposition with the records, or to send the records with an affidavit if he doesn't care to take the day off uncompensated.
- It held that the First Amendment did not permit the Society of Jesus of New England to quash - that is, resist the enforcement of - a subpoena duces tecum.
Origin
Latin, literally 'under penalty you shall bring with you'.
Definition of subpoena duces tecum in US English:
subpoena duces tecum
nounsəˌpēnə ˌdo͞osēz ˈtēkəm
Law A writ ordering a person to attend a court and bring relevant documents.
Example sentencesExamples
- The second was a subpoena duces tecum in the course of other litigation.
- In civil cases (say, your average defamation case, or copyright infringement) they can just issue a subpoena duces tecum to the ISP.
- Later, the father's attorney sends the doctor a subpoena duces tecum requiring the physician to appear at a deposition with the records, or to send the records with an affidavit if he doesn't care to take the day off uncompensated.
- It held that the First Amendment did not permit the Society of Jesus of New England to quash - that is, resist the enforcement of - a subpoena duces tecum.
- When the original of a document is in the possession of a stranger to the litigation, the proper course for the party desiring to prove the contents of the document is to serve the stranger with a subpoena duces tecum.
Origin
Latin, literally ‘under penalty you shall bring with you’.