Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

discovery abuse.

1. The misuse of the discovery process, esp. by making overbroad requests for information that is unnecessary or beyond the scope of permissible disclosure. 2. The failure to respond adequately to proper discovery requests. - Also termed abuse of discovery."The term 'discovery abuse' has been used as if it were a single concept, but it includes several different things. Thus, it is useful to subdivide 'abuse' into 'misuse' and 'overuse.' What is referred to as 'misuse' would include not only direct violatio