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SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writ issued by a court at the request of one of the parties to a suit; it requires a witness to bring to court or to a deposition any relevant documents under the witness's control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subpoena duces tecum" is a kind of...):
judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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