Take discovery against sb

Spanish translation: Instar diligencia de exhibición de documentos en contra de la sociedad X

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English term or phrase:Take discovery against sb
Spanish translation:Instar diligencia de exhibición de documentos en contra de la sociedad X
Entered by: Claudia Rodríguez Aguilera

18:07 May 17, 2021
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Civil law
English term or phrase: Take discovery against sb
Esta oración aparece en el expediente de un caso civil de un juzgado de los Estados Unidos:

The Government is precluded from taking discovery against X until the court resolves their motion to dismiss, pending at docket item 210.

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Claudia Rodríguez Aguilera
Spain
Local time: 15:21
Instar diligencia de exhibición de documentos en contra de la sociedad X
Explanation:
ties up with the question of /a motion to / compel: discovery > UK: now disclosure > of evidence, such as docs. or e-comms, or production of witnesses.
- exce
Note: discovery against X until the court resolves *their* motion suggests to me a corporation or partnership, so una sociedad, also in UK courts and law reports is a corporate litigant oft-described in the plural as a collective body.
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Summary of answers provided
3tomar una declaración jurada en contra de alguien
Sandro Tomasi
3Instar diligencia de exhibición de documentos en contra de la sociedad X
Adrian MM.


  

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take discovery against sb
tomar una declaración jurada en contra de alguien


Explanation:
The Government is precluded from taking discovery against X until the court resolves their motion to ....

El Gobierno queda inhibido de tomarle declaración jurada a X hasta que el tribunal resuelva su solicitud para ....

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Note added at 28 mins (2021-05-17 18:35:22 GMT)
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Discovery es exhibición obligatoria de pruebas (antes del juicio) a la contraparte. Sin embargo, no hace falta traducir discovery en este contexto.

Sandro Tomasi
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USA: Take discovery against X
Instar diligencia de exhibición de documentos en contra de la sociedad X


Explanation:
ties up with the question of /a motion to / compel: discovery > UK: now disclosure > of evidence, such as docs. or e-comms, or production of witnesses.
- exce
Note: discovery against X until the court resolves *their* motion suggests to me a corporation or partnership, so una sociedad, also in UK courts and law reports is a corporate litigant oft-described in the plural as a collective body.

Example sentence(s):
  • Exhibición de documento y diligencias preliminares. I. Deber de instar una diligencia preliminar en caso de que una parte necesite un documento para fundar sus pretensiones, o bien de optar por el régimen de exhibición documental

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