Difference between revisions of "Terminology"

;Discovery, Disclosure and Production:Disclosure and production are a stage of the litigation process in which each party advises the other of the documents in his or her possession which bear on the issues in the action, and those documents are exchanged. Discovery means the formal examination of a party under oath, outside of court, about the matters at issue in an action.

;Dismiss:In law, a judge's decision to end a claim or dismiss an action with or without trial. An application or appeal which is dismissed has been heard and rejected by the court.

;Domicile:The place where one has one's permanent home, where one lives most of the time. sometimes the place where one intends to have a permanent home. A party's domicile may have an impact on the jurisdiction of the court to hear an action or deal with certain claims made in an action.

;Dower:The entitlement of a wife to a portion on her husband's estate on his death. This common law entitlement has been extinguished and is replaced by certain provisions of the ''Estate Administration Act'' and the ''Wills Variation Act'', which grant both spouses certain rights on the death of the other.