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plural interrogatories
(law) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule. quotations examples
Sidney interposed with an interrogatory concerning the legality of the evidence
1763-1783, Catharine Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line
If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce, page 240
A question; an interrogation. quotations examples
But when he found that some of his interrogatories were evaded, and others answered undecisively, the look of gentleness which he had assumed, vanished, and his brow wore the cloud of disappointment and of anger.
1798, Eleanor Sleath, The Orphan of the Rhine
comparative more interrogatory, superlative most interrogatory
Serving to interrogate; questioning. quotations examples
The interrogatory stare of the cardinal is enough to bring a man to his knees.
2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 207