Kansas Statutes 23-36,318. Assistance with discovery
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 23-36,318
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
A tribunal of this state may:
(a) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and
(b) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.