Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 4 P6 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 38 DUCES TECUM or parents while he or she is under twenty-one years of age or as the result of a naturalization obtained on his or her behalf while under 21 years of age by a parent guardian or authorized agent unless the individual fails to enter the United States to establish a permanent residence prior to the 25th birthday. The treaty between the United States and the foreign nation determines whether the individual may maintain the dual citizenship if he or she elects to retain the . citizenship or may lose his or her foreign citizenship and remain only a . citizen. DUCES TECUM Latin Bring with you. Commonly called a subpoena duces tecum a type of legal writ requiring one who has been summoned to appear in court to bring some specified item with him or her for use or examination by the court. A person served with a subpoena duces tecum might be required to present documents such as business records or other pieces of physical evidence for the inspection of the court. DUE Just proper regular lawful sufficient reasonable as in the phrases due care due process of law due notice. Owing payable justly owed. That which one contracts to pay or perform to another that which law or justice requires to be paid or done. Owed or owing as distinguished from payable. A debt is often said to be due from a person where he or she is the party owing it or primarily bound to pay whether the time for payment has or has not arrived. The same thing is true of the phrase due and owing. The term due is essentially contextual in nature and has various legal applications all of which involve the sufficiency or reasonableness of an action or obligation. Due care is the use of the requisite amount of caution needed in a particular set of circumstances based upon what a reasonably prudent person would do under similar circumstances. Exercising due care while driving might mean obeying traffic regulations. Due consideration is the proper weight or significance given to a matter or a .
