(n) (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n.; pl.Discoveries1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the clear discoveries of the next [ world ]. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
We speak of the “invention” of printing, the discovery of America. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ピルトダウンじけん, pirutodaun jiken] (n) (obsc) (See ピルトダウン人) Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) [Add to Longdo]
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