Dedimus potestatem

Dedimus potestatem

In law, dedimus potestatem (Latin for "we have given the power") is a writ whereby commission is given to one or more private persons for the expedition of some act normally performed by a judge. It is also called delegatio. It is granted most commonly upon the suggestion that a party, who is to do something before a judge or in a court, is too weak to travel.

Its use is various, such as to take a personal answer to a bill in chancery, to examine witnesses, levy a fine, etc.

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  • dedimus potestatem — /dedamas powtasteytam/ (We have given power.) In old English practice, a writ or commission issuing out of chancery, empowering the persons named therein to perform certain acts, as to administer oaths to defendants in chancery and take their… …   Black's law dictionary

  • dedimus potestatem — /dedamas powtasteytam/ (We have given power.) In old English practice, a writ or commission issuing out of chancery, empowering the persons named therein to perform certain acts, as to administer oaths to defendants in chancery and take their… …   Black's law dictionary

  • dedimus potestatem — noun see dedimus …   Useful english dictionary

  • dedimus potestatem — A commission directed to a judicial officer or an individual by name, authorizing him to take the deposition of the witness named therein. 23 Am J2d Dep § 22 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • dedimus potestatem de attorno faciendo — /dedamas powtasteytam diy atarnow feys(h)iyendow/ In old English practice, a writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant. Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court by attorney… …   Black's law dictionary

  • dedimus potestatem de attorno faciendo — /dedamas powtasteytam diy atarnow feys(h)iyendow/ In old English practice, a writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant. Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court by attorney… …   Black's law dictionary

  • dedimus potestatem de attorno faciendo — We have given the power of receiving an attorney,–a king s writ authorizing a court to permit a party to appear by attorney …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Dedimus — Ded i*mus, n. [L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc.] (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae — Die Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae ist ein 782 von Karl dem Großen erlassener Gesetzestext. Er diente der Zwangschristianisierung der soeben unterworfenen Sachsen und damit der Festigung der fränkischen Macht. Die hierfür erlassenen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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