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dedimus potestatem de attorno faciencdo
The name of a writ which was formerly issued by authority of the crown in England to authorize an attorney to appear for a defendant.
2. By statute of Westminster 2, 13 Edw. I. c. 10, all persons impleaded may make an attorney to sue for them in all pleas moved by or against them, in the superior courts there enumerated. 3 Mann. & Gran. 184, note.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English