subpoena duces tecum (subpena duces tecum)
- A court order that requires a person to bring certain documents or other items to a trial or deposition
- The legal team issued a subpoena duces tecum to procure the financial records of the corporation.
- She received a subpoena duces tecum ordering her to produce cell phone records.
- Per the subpoena duces tecum, the hospital had to present the patient's medical records.
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