Crossword clues for interrogatories
interrogatories
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interrogatory \In`ter*rog"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. Interrogatories.
A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question or
series of questions asked in writing, usually as part of a
lawsuit.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of interrogatory English)
Wikipedia
In law, interrogatories (also known as requests for further information) are a formal set of written questions propounded by one litigant and required to be answered by an adversary in order to clarify matters of fact and help to determine in advance what facts will be presented at any trial in the case.
In civil cases, the issues to be decided can potentially be more complex than in criminal cases. For example if a person is charged with speeding, in a hypothetical case the prosecution has to prove that the person was the driver of the motor vehicle and that it was being driven in excess of the proper speed without any lawful excuse.
Usage examples of "interrogatories".
Instead, he did all the things that Robbie despised-office management, the brief-writing, the interrogatories, routine deps, and, especially, the endless comforting demanded by their clients, who usually felt intensely victimized.
Some mixup over a clouded title to the land where Szyrk put up his Cyclone Seven, threw in the court's failure to cite the Virginia statutes in his citations even got some of the locals there recanting on their interrogatories, claim they were tricked by the fancy language where Szyrk claims his sculpture is site specific for the moral torpor and spiritual vacuity of the place the only words they got hold of were moral and spiritual, thought it was all some big tribute.
He had sent more interrogatories, but Chorth-Captain had fallen silent again.
She'd schedule deps, issue subpoenas and interrogatories, handle court filings, even meet with clients to gather info and hold hands.
A trial takes place, with depositions and interrogatories, in which the truth is elicited in spite of the most adverse testimony.