General (not jurisdiction-specific)

Testimony, documents and things offered to prove or disprove facts.

A court order setting deadlines for the main stages of a case.

Under Federal Rule of Evidence 401, evidence is relevant if it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence, and the fact is of consequence in determining the action.

Postponement of a hearing, trial or deadline.

Bringing a third party into a lawsuit because that party may be liable for some or all of the claim. Also called a third-party complaint.

A court command requiring a person to appear and testify or to produce documents or things.

Combining parties or claims in a single lawsuit.

A subpoena that requires the person to produce documents or other things.

A procedure that lets a nonparty become a party to an existing lawsuit.

A court order limiting discovery to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense.