rogatory
- noun
- /ˈrɒɡəˌtɔːri/
- Formal
:
carta rogatoria
- A letter rogatory is a formal request by a court in one nation to the courts of another for assistance. See BORN & WESTIN, supra note 111, at 305-306.
- a letter rogatory
Examples
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Generally, Canadian courts are receptive to requests for assistance made by letters rogatory from courts abroad.
Academic text (1992) -
A similar motion to stay the taking of testimony under subpoena issued pursuant to a letter rogatory received from a Tokyo court, in order to allow consideration of the potential applicability of the Fifth Amendment privilege against testifying, was held to be premature where no witness had yet made any claim of privilege.
Academic text (1991) -
(In Re Letters Rogatory from Tokyo, Japan, 539 F.2d at 1219).
Academic text (1991) -
The court was guided by the Canadian government's assurance that the defendant would have an opportunity to cross-examine the deponent at the hearing to be held by the rogatory commission, and observed that it could not be assumed that the defendant's constitutional rights would receive no protection under Canadian procedures.
Academic text (1991) -
In re Letters Rogatory from the Tokyo District, Tokyo, Japan, 539 F.2d 1216, 1219 (9th Cir. 1976).
Academic text (1991) -
The judge submitted a rogatory to the foreign court to obtain essential evidence for the trial.
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After receiving the rogatory, the court promptly began the process of gathering the requested information.
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Letters rogatory enable international cooperation between legal systems when evidence is needed from another jurisdiction.
Synonyms
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An official form used to ask for goods or equipment in an office
A formal written request for goods, money, or supplies
Surface Forms
Morphology
rogatory = rogation (opaque) = rogat + ory
Although semantically related to 'request'/'petition', the morphological parts are Latin-derived and not transparently meaningful to most learners.
Etymology
The noun rogatory comes from the Latin rogare 'to ask', like interrogate ('to question'). It means a formal written 'asking', for example when one court writes to another to get documents or witness statements.