Rogatory

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court

Etymology

Borrowed from French rogatoire, from Medieval Latin rogātōrius (“interrogatory”), from rogō (“I ask, enquire”), 1850s.

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