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letters of request or letters rogatory or littera rogatoriaa document sent from a court in one jurisdiction to a court in another asking for some form of judicial assistance such as the obtaining of evidence.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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See: letter of requestCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. Court order or subpoena issued in one jurisdiction, seeking to compel citizen of another jurisdiction to testify in the first jurisdiction; requires court approval in second jurisdiction.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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A formal written request made by one judicial body to another court in a different, independent jurisdiction that a witness who resides in that jurisdiction be examined through the use of interrogatories accompanying the request.A device used in international law by which the courts of one country ask the courts of another to utilize their procedure to assist the country making the request in the administration of justice within its borders.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A formal written request made by one judicial body to another court in a different, independent jurisdiction that a witness who resides in that jurisdiction be examined through the use of interrogatories accompanying the request.A device used in international law by which the courts of one country ask the courts of another to utilize their procedure to assist the country making the request in the administration of justice within its borders.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
