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Definition of Interrogatory

1. Noun. Formal systematic questioning.

2. Adjective. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.

Definition of Interrogatory

1. n. A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.

2. a. Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.

Definition of Interrogatory

1. Noun. (legal) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule. ¹

2. Noun. A question; an interrogation. ¹

3. Adjective. Serving to interrogate; questioning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interrogatory

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Interrogatory

interrogation points interrogational interrogations interrogative interrogative adjective interrogative adjectives interrogative mood interrogative pronoun interrogative pronouns interrogative sentence

interrogatively interrogatives interrogator interrogatories interrogators interrogatory (current term) interrogatrix interrogee interrogees interrow

interrupt interrupt request interrupt requests interruptable interrupted interrupted fern interrupted respiration interrupted suture interruptedly interrupter

Literary usage of Interrogatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"14th interrogatory. Did the submarine fire on the SS Ancona after the ... 15th interrogatory. Had the passengers remained on board the SS Ancona after the ..."

2. Federal Equity Practice: A Treatise on the Pleadings Used and Practice by Thomas Atkins Street (1909)
"Form of General interrogatory. A general interrogatory at the end of a bill requiring the defendant to answer all the matters alleged in the bill as fully ..."

3. Annual Report by New Hampshire Railroad Commissioners (1908)
"interrogatory 1. The defendant objects to so much of this interrogatory as inquires ... interrogatory 2. The defendant objects to this interrogatory on the ..."

4. Memoirs of My Own Timesby James Wilkinson by James Wilkinson (1816)
"To the sixteenth interrogatory, he answers in the negative. ... To the eighteenth interrogatory, he answers, that he cannot particularly recollect, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"To 1st interrogatory. No; except taxes of the year 1882. To 2d interrogatory. No; except taxes of the year 1882. And for a full and correct statement of the ..."

6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"The fact of a general affidavit, in the usual form, as to documents, having been filed, is not a sufficient reason for refusing to answer an interrogatory ..."

7. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by Thomas Hart Benton, United States Congress (1861)
"First interrogatory by Mr. WISE. From the ucts within your knowledge, or from remarks i.ide to yon, or in your presence, by members t" this House, ..."

8. Montgomery's Manual of Federal Procedure, Practice and Forms by Charles Carroll Montgomery (1918)
"Comes now the defendant James Smith and makes objections to the interrogatories propounded by plaintiff as follows, to wit: To interrogatory No. ..."

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