discovery
dis·co·very
noun
2.
something that is discovered
3.
4.
(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
Origin
from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.
Phrases
- discovery informatics
- discovery request
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