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Armsys Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Disqualifying Interest

What's "Disqualifying Interest"?

e.g.

Plaintiff requested to further question Court Reporter to determine a disqualifying interest.

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If the court reporter has a prejudice against the plaintiff for any reason, s/he should be disqualified [from testifying, I presume].

— Mister Micawber

  • If the court reporter has a prejudice against the plaintiff for any reason, s/he should be disqualified [from testifying, I presume].
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If the court reporter has a prejudice against the plaintiff for any reason, s/he should be disqualified [from testifying, I presume].
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OR it could mean that since the Court Reporter types a verbatim account of the legal proceedings, the lawyer can question the record by asking the court reporter who said what.
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Reading from the whole text, your explanation makes more sense. As a matter of fact, I didn't think of the prejudice, which now appears to me affirmative. And the "disqualifying interest" wasn't found in any dictionary. The language used in court is hardly English.

Thanks a lot.

Armstrong
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Reading from the whole text, your explanation makes more sense. As a matter of fact, I didn't think of the prejudice, which now appears to me affirmative. And the "disqualifying interest" wasn't found in any dictionary. The language used in court is hardly English.

Thanks a lot.

Armstrong
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Mister MicawberIf the court reporter has a prejudice against the plaintiff for any reason, s/he should be disqualified [from testifying, I presume].

Or from writing down the proceedings.
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