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Adversary Process

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

adversary process


the method courts use to resolve disputes. Through the adversary process, each side in a dispute has the right to present its case as persuasively as possible, subject to the rules of evidence, and an independent fact finder, either judge or jury, decides in favor of one side or the other.



Source: Federal Judicial Center


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