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  2. Subpoena ad testificandum - Wikipedia

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    A subpoena ad testificandum is a court summons to appear and give oral testimony for use at a hearing or trial. The use of a writ for purposes of compelling testimony originated in the ecclesiastical courts of Church during the High Middle Ages, especially in England. The use of the subpoena writ was gradually adopted over time by civil and ...

  3. Subpoena - Wikipedia

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    subpoena ad testificandum orders a person to testify before the ordering authority or face punishment. The subpoena can also request the testimony to be given by phone or in person. subpoena duces tecum orders a person or organization to bring physical evidence before the ordering authority or face punishment. This is often used for requests to ...

  4. Subpoena duces tecum - Wikipedia

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    The subpoena duces tecum is similar to the subpoena ad testificandum, which is a writ summoning a witness to testify orally. However, unlike the latter summons, the subpoena duces tecum instructs the witness to bring in hand books, papers, or evidence for the court. In most jurisdictions, a subpoena usually has to be served personally.

  5. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    subpoena ad testificandum: under penalty to be witnessed An order compelling an entity to give oral testimony in a legal matter. subpoena duces tecum: bring with you under penalty An order compelling an entity to produce physical evidence or witness in a legal matter. suggestio falsi: false suggestion

  6. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Wikipedia

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    A subpoena commands a person to give testimony, to produce documents for inspection and copying, or both. Although included in the Chapter headed "trials", subpoenas can also be used to obtain document production or depositions of non-parties to the litigation during the pre-trial discovery stage.

  7. Continuance - Wikipedia

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    A person accused of a crime has certain rights defined by the federal constitution, state constitutions and various statutes, such as the right to be represented by counsel, the right to compulsory process (issue of subpoena ad testificandum and subpoena duces tecum) to secure the attendance of witnesses, gather evidence and the right to a ...

  8. List of writs - Wikipedia

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    Ad respondendum, to remove a defendant who is in custody in a lower court to answer to a cause of action in a higher court. [14] Ad deliberandum, to remove a prisoner into the county where he is to be tried. [14] Ad satisfaciendum lies after judgment. [14] Ad testificandum, to bring a prisoner into court to testify. [14]

  9. Discovery (law) - Wikipedia

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    In this type of proceeding, the parties merely pleaded written interrogatories which were read out loud to the witness in a closed proceeding without parties or counsel present. The witness's attendance was secured by service of a subpoena ad testificandum at least 14 days before the date of the