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Inspection of written documents

6, that in any action or other proceeding the court or a judge might, on application by either party, compel the opposite party to allow the party making the application to inspect all documents in the custody

Notice to produce

Notice to produce. If one party be in possession of any written instrument which would be evidence for the other if produced, a notice

Cruelty

of a husband or wife [see forth v. Fort, (1867) 36 LJ P&M 122] as entitles the other party to a judicial separation by reason of danger to life or health. The communication of veneral diseaseis suchconduct,

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respondent

respondent : one who answers or defends in various proceedings: as a : an answering party in an equitable proceeding b : a party against whom a petition (as for a writ of habeas

Audit

usually both. A detailed audit is a comparison of vouchers with entries of payment, in order that the party whose accounts are audited may not debit his employer with payments not in fact made. An administrative audit

Accommodation Bill

Accommodation Bill, one which the accommodating party has signed as drawer, acceptor, or endorser, without receiving value therefor and for the purpose of lending his

breach

of contract compare repudiation an·tic·i·pa·to·ry breach : a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of the contract ef·fi·cient breach : breach of contract in economic theory in which it is

privity

a suit for breach of warranty or negligence arising from a product could only be brought by a party to the original contract or transaction, and only against the party (as a retailer) directly dealt with. Only

agency

"W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 a : a consensual fiduciary relationship in which one party acts on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties ;also : the

Cross-examination

the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE); and also if one party calls a witness,and he is sworn, the other party may cross-examine him, although the party who has called

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