discovery process
Pretrial evidence exchange
Discovery process refers to the phase in legal proceedings where opposing parties exchange relevant information before trial.
Each side requests documents, takes depositions, and submits written questions to uncover facts supporting their case: The discovery process revealed emails contradicting the defendant's testimony.
More broadly, discovery process can describe any systematic method of finding or learning something new.
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- expert witnessProfessional providing specialized testimony
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- burden of proofDuty to prove allegations
interrogatory · fishing expedition · judge · evidence · disclosure · smoking gun · litigation · hypothesis · falsifiability · privilege · trade secret · admissibility · replication · experimentation · peer review · affidavit · fact finding · due diligence
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- civil procedurecomplaint, complaints, answer, answers, pleadings
- vocational rehabilitationjob placement, job coaching, job coach, employment services, job readiness
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- mass tortsclass action, class actions, product liability, mesothelioma, talcum powder
- Product Liabilityproduct defect, manufacturing defects, defective goods, defectiveness, defects
discovery processtrial
Judicial examination of claims
trial phase · trial proceedings · adjudication · verdict · judgment
discovery processstonewalling
Deliberately refusing to respond
spoliation · confidentiality · concealment · evidence suppression · suppression