1  Compulsory pretrial disclosure of information related to the litigation by one party, and its prospective witnesses, to another party (9)

 3  An appeal made to a court or judge for an order, ruling or the like (6)

 6  The party sued in a civil lawsuit or charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution (9)

 7  A method of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties submit their dispute to a neutral third person who renders a decision that resolves the dispute (11)

 8  A formal document containing a statement of claims and responses to claims exchanged between parties in a litigation (8)

10 A document submitted to an appellate court in which a party seeks to affirm, modify or reverse what a lower court has done (5)

11 A method of discovery by which parties and their prospective witnesses are questioned outside the courtroom before trial (10)

12 The need in business transactions to tell the whole truth about any matter which the other party should know in deciding to buy or contract (10)

 1  A written response to a complaint filed in a lawsuit which pleads for dismissal on the point that even if the facts alleged in the complaint were true there is no legal basis for a lawsuit (8)

 2  The party who initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint demanding damages and/or court determination of rights (9)

 4  The act of actually beginning a trial, usually signaled by swearing in the first witness not impaneling of the jury (5)

 5  An agreement to end a dispute before it is resolved by all available agencies or courts (10)

 9  A formal request that a higher authority examine or review a decision made by another body (6)