commission de bene esse

noun

A commission appointed to take evidence by deposition where the deponent is unwilling or unable to come to court and the court cannot compel the witness/deponent.

OriginLatin de bene esse →
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Meanings

nouncommission de bene esse (plural commissions de bene esse)

plural commissions de bene esse

  1. lawA commission appointed to take evidence by deposition where the deponent is unwilling or unable to come to court and the court cannot compel the witness/deponent.

Origin

  1. Latinde bene esse“for the good cause”
  2. Englishcommission de bene esse

From Latin de bene esse (“for the good cause”).

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