Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Requesting evidence, especially from a foreign court.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Seeking information; authorized to collect or engaged in collecting information.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French rogatoire, from Medieval Latin rogātōrius, from Latin rogātus, past participle of rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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