Discovery (law)
PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURE IN COMMON LAW COUNTRIES FOR OBTAINING EVIDENCE
Legal discovery; Principle of disclosure; Principle of Disclosure; Request for discovery; Discovery of documents; Pretrial discovery; Discovery phase of a trial; Disclosure of evidence; Disclosure (law); Non-disclosure of evidence; Discovery (legal)
Discovery, in the law of common law jurisdictions, is a pre-trial procedure in a lawsuit in which each party, through the law of civil procedure, can obtain evidence from the other party or parties by means of discovery devices such as interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions and depositions. Discovery can be obtained from non-parties using subpoenas.