Interrogatory definition

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A written or oral question that must be answered under oath and is asked by a party in a lawsuit of another party or of a potential witness prior to trial.
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Expressing or implying a question.
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A formal question or set of questions; specif., a written question or set of questions to be answered in writing under oath as by a witness in a lawsuit.
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A form of discovery involving the submission of written questions to the other party.
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Asking a question; of the nature of a question; interrogative.
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(law) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule.

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An interrogatory glance.

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interrogatory
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Interrogatory Sentence Examples

  • For especially in Mark, the passing through Jericho, the entry into Jerusalem, the Temple-cleansing and its immediate effect upon the hierarchs, their next day's interrogatory, " By what authority doest thou these things?

  • C onclusion That Trisha employs interrogatory rhetoric in order to push her guests into personal confessions is not a surprising discovery.

  • The scholar appears before the president's secretary with his poor belongings tied up in a red handkerchief, and after a brief interrogatory is entered on the list of one of the four orthodox rites - Shafi`ite, Hanifite, Malikite and Hanbalite (see Mahommedan Law).

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