Not covert, unmarried. The term is applied to a woman unmarried, or widow; one not within the bonds of matrimony. … [Read more...]

(1) Generally, the process during a lawsuit when one party finds out the details and evidence that the other party has in its prosecution or defense of the case. Typically this process occurs before trial and is designed to (a) have both parties be prepared to make and defend a case fully and completely in front of a jury, and (b) potentially create a possible settlement of the … [Read more...]

practice, evidence. To destroy or impair the credibility of a person; to impeach; to lessen the degree of credit to be accorded to a witness or document, as by impugning the veracity of the one or the genuineness of the other; to disparage or weaken the reliance upon the testimony of a witness, or upon documentary evidence, by any means whatever. To deprive one of credit or … [Read more...]

Debts that can be eliminated pursuant to declaring bankruptcy such as most credit card debt, medical bills and back rent. … [Read more...]

A difference between one thing and another, between one writing and another; a variance. 2. Discrepancies are material and immaterial. A discrepancy is immaterial when there is such a difference between a thing alleged, and a thing offered in evidence, as to show they are not substantially the same; as, when the plaintiff in his declaration for a malicious arrest averred, that … [Read more...]