Dĕd'i-mŭs, n.
n. [Lat. dēdĭmus, we gave, from dare, to give; because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, &c.] (Law.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, &c. Bouvier.
n. [Lat. dēdĭmus, we gave, from dare, to give; because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, &c.] (Law.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, &c. Bouvier.