Typically referred to as a request for production of documents, in the pretrial discovery phase, it is a motion to compel the opposing party to provide the list of and all related documents requested by the movant. If the motion is granted, the respondent must provide all the documents, subject to those documents that may be privileged and any redactions that may be … [Read more...]

In old records. Money paid by servile tenants for exemption from the customary duty of reaping for the lord. Cowell. … [Read more...]

Engl. law. Certain notes or requests from persons amenable to the excise laws, to obtain a permit for removing any excisable goods or articles from one place to another. … [Read more...]

A commonwealth; a form of government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the general body of citizens, and in which the executive power is lodged in officers chosen by and representing the people, and holding office for a limited period, or at most during good behavior or at the pleasure of the people, and in which the legislative power may be (and in … [Read more...]

See request for admission. … [Read more...]