Exam 5: Methods of Discovery

What are advantages of methods of discovery?

Any party may serve on any other party a request for permission to inspect and copy documents.

What term describes methods permitting each party to obtain information about the case from the other party before going to trial?

Discuss why depositions, but not interrogatories, require oaths to be administered by a person authorized to do it.

What is a principal type of deposition?

To what matter does a request for admission relate?

Interrogatories must be answered in writing and signed by the client answering them under the penalties of ________.

Attorneys stipulate about different matters related to the case.

Match the terms with their descriptions: -Redirect questions

What method is used to force answering interrogatories?

To what issues may requests for admission relate?

The court may order a party to submit to a physical or mental ________.

What legal procedure may a party use to compel the other party to give them permission to inspect documents?

Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to a party's claim.

Witnesses may be compelled by ________ to attend depositions.

Under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, what matter can be included in discovery?

During the deposition on ________ examination, lawyers orally examine and cross-examine a witness.

Interrogatories require an oath to be administered by a person authorized to do this.

An agreement between the parties involved in a suit, regulating any matter relative to the proceedings, is a(n) ________.

What may be a reason for a request for permission to inspect a tangible thing?