Methods of Discovery
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- Impeach
- call into question
- Cross Questions
- Questions asked by a deponent in response to questioned asked at a deposition
- Stipulation
- An agreement between the parties to an action regulating any matter relative to the proceedings.
- party to a suit
- A person or organization participating or having a direct interest in a legal proceeding.
- Interrogatories
- A form of discovery in a civil action in which parties are given a series of written questions to be answered under oath
- Deposition on Oral Examination
- A deposition in which the lawyers orally examine and cross examine a witness.
- Perjury
- Not telling the truth in court; telling a lie to the court which is against the law.
- Deposition
- The testimony of a witness, given under oath but not in open court, and alter reduced to writing.
- Deponent
- one who gives testimony under oath. A person who signs an affidavit.
- Subpoenna Ad Testificandum
- An order commanding a person to appear and testify in legal action.
- notary public
- A person authorized to administer oaths, attest to and certify documents, take acknowledgments, and perform other official acts.
- Motion for order compelling discovery
- A motion asking the court to order the other party to produce certain writings, photographs, or other requested items.
- Discovery
- Methods that allow each party to obtain information from the other party and from witnesses about a case before going to court.
- Stipulate
- Agree.
- Subpoenna Duces Tecum
- An order commanding a person to appear and bring certain papers or other materials that are pertinent to a legal action.
- Bill of Particulars
- written statement of the particulars of a complaint showing the details of the amount owed
- Subpoena
- An order commanding a person to appear and testify in a legal action.
- Verbatim
- Word for word.
- Deposition on Written Questions
- A depostion in which lawyers examine and cross-examine a witness who has received in advance written questions to be answered.
- Demand for Bill of Particulars
- A pleading calling for details of a claim or the separate items of an account
- Recross Questions
- Further questions asked by a deponent in response to redirect questions.
- Requests for Admission
- Request for the court to rule on evidence or testimony to a proceeding.
- Redirect Questions
- Further questions asked by an examinter at a deposition in repsonse to cross questions.