Search Result for "subpoena duces tecum":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Subpoena \Sub*poe"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See Pain.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also subpena.] [1913 Webster] Subpoena ad testificandum. [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. Subpoena duces tecum. [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subpoena duces tecum n 1: 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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM, practice. A writ or process of the same kind as the subpoena ad testificandum, including a clause requiring the witness to bring with him and produce to the court, books, papers, &c., in his hands, tending to elucidate the matter in issue. 3 Bl. Com. 382.