IA. L. Lat. He pro-duces in court. In old practice, these words were inserted in a declaration, as an allega-tion that the plaintiff was ready to produce, or did actually produce, lu court, the deed or other written instrument on which his suit was founded, in order that the court might inspect the same and the defendant hear it read. The same formula was used where the defeudant pleaded a written instrument
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
