interrogatory
English
Etymology
Late Latin; equivalent to interrogate + -ory (“pertaining to”), or more distantly inter- + rogatory.
Noun
interrogatory (plural interrogatories)
- (law) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Macaulay to this entry?)
- 2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce (page 240)
- 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.
- A question; an interrogation.
References
- “interrogatory” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
Adjective
interrogatory (comparative more interrogatory, superlative most interrogatory)
- Serving to interrogate; questioning.
- an interrogatory glance