Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēdimus potestātem n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēdimus potestātem n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law A writ commissioning a private person to administer an oath of office.
Associated quotations
- (1427) RParl.5.409a : That there be graunted no Dedimus Potestatem for takyng of the Othe of Shirryefs, but that thei make theire Othe after that the Statut askyth, and in the Chauncellarie.
- (1444) Proc.Privy C.6.29 : Md'..to make Rogger Faukenberge sherrief..and, for to receive his ooth, a dedimus potestatem be maad to sir Th. Comberworth knyȝt.