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Discovery

Discovery, revealing or disclosing matter. The Courts of Common Law were originally unable to compel a litigant to disclose any...

civil case

civil case a lawsuit brought by a party (the plaintiff) against another party (the defendant) claiming that the defendant failed...

discovery

discovery pl: -er·ies 1 : the act or process of discovering 2 : something discovered [applied for a patent for...

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bill

bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the...

prejudice

prejudice [Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae- before + judicium judgment] 1 : injury or detriment...

verdict

verdict [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum) of Anglo-French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from...

Abatement

Abatement, a making less:- (1) Abatement of Freehold.-The title of a real action which has been abolished. This takes place...

Capias in withernam

Capias in withernam (that you take by way of reprisals). If the goods before an action of replevin had been...

Default summons

Default summons, a procedure in the county courts for the summary recovery of a debt or liquidated demand. These summonses...

New trial

New trial. If any defect of judgment happen from causes wholly extrinsic, i.e., arising from matters foreign to or dethors...

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