Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
cross-interrogatory
See INTERROGATORY.
cross-interrogatory.
An interrogatory from a party who has received a set of interrogatories.
demurrer to interrogatories
The objection or reason given by a witness for failing to answer an interrogatory.
general verdict with interrogatories
See VERDICT.
interrogator
One who poses questions to another.
interrogatory
n. A written question (usu. in a set of questions) submitted to an opposing party in a lawsuit as part of discovery.
special interrogatory
See INTERROGATORY.
special interrogatory.
A written jury question whose answer is required to supplement a general verdict. ( This term is not properly used in federal practice, which authorizes interrogatories and special verdicts, but not special interrogatories. Fed. R. Civ. P. 49. The term is properly used, however, in the courts of some states. - Also termed special issue. interrogee. See INTERROGATES.