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Disclosure. Every solicitor whose name is on a writ must, on demand in writing by the defendant, declare whether the writ was issued with his privity. R. S. C. 1883, Ord. VII., r. 1.

When a writ is sued out by partners in the name of their firm they or their solicitor may be compelled to disclose the names and residences of the various partners. (Ibid., r. 2; and see NAME.)