discovery
Definition
Pre-trial disclosure process during which several legal devices can be employed by any litigating party to obtain relevant non-privileged information from the opposing or non-opposing party/parties. These devices include depositions, examinations of witnesses, inspection of documents, and interrogatories. If any party is unwilling to cooperate, the court may subpoena the party or the documents, or (after failure to make discovery) dismiss the action or enters a summary judgment.
discovery is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
discovery appears in the definitions of the following terms:
development,
recension,
PEST analysis,
iteration,
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML),
discontinuity,
bona fide error,
marketing research,
empiricism,
greenhouse effect
and
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